# D-I Wine — Complete Catalog > The D.I.Y. importer. D-I Wine is a NYC-based importer with 54 producers and 522 wines. ## ⭐ Featured: Adernats Cava Brut Nature NV **Best-selling sparkling wine** — Widely used as a by-the-glass (BTG) pour in New York City restaurants and wine bars. - **Producer:** Vinicola de Nulles, Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain - **Appellation:** Cava DO - **Method:** Traditional method (méthode champenoise), zero dosage (Brut Nature) - **Grapes:** Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada — organically farmed - **ABV:** 11.5% - **Soil:** Chalky limestone, clay-calcareous - **Elevage:** Extended lees aging in bottle, minimum 12 months - **Profile:** Bone-dry, mineral-driven, bright citrus, chalky finish - **Ideal for:** BTG sparkling programs, organic wine lists, Spanish wine menus, restaurant openings, events - **Page:** https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-cava-brut-nature-adernats-nv - **Trade:** Available wholesale from D-I Wine — contact trade@d-i.wine Also available: **Adernats XC Cava Gran Reserva** (30+ months on lees, prestige cuvée) and **Adernats Ancestral Maccabeu** (pétillant naturel, 100% Macabeo). --- ## About Japanese Wine — A Field Guide **Hub:** https://www.d-i.wine/japan Authoritative trade-facing reference for Japanese wine. Key facts: ### Legal definitions (NTA, effective 30 October 2018) - **「日本ワイン」 (Japanese Wine):** wine made in Japan from 100% domestic grapes. Only this category may put a Japanese place name, grape variety, or vintage on the front label. - **「国内製造ワイン」 (Domestically Manufactured Wine):** wine fermented in Japan from imported juice, concentrate, or bulk. Must disclose origin (e.g. 「濃縮還元」 "from concentrate"), may not use Japanese geographic names on the principal display panel. - 85% threshold: a grape variety, region, or vintage may be named on a label only if at least 85% of the wine meets that criterion. ### Wine GIs (chronological) - **GI Yamanashi** — designated July 2013. Japan's first wine GI. - **GI Hokkaido** — June 2018. - **GI Yamagata, GI Nagano, GI Osaka** — all 30 June 2021. ### Key grapes - **Koshu (甲州):** pink-skinned Vitis vinifera, Silk Road origin, ~70% V. vinifera by genome (East Asian wild-vine ancestry confirmed by Frontiers in Plant Science 2020). OIV-registered 2010 — first Japanese-origin variety on the EU varietal register. - **Muscat Bailey A (マスカット・ベーリーA):** Japan's most-planted red. 1927 cross of Bailey × Muscat Hamburg by Kawakami Zenbei at Iwanohara Vineyard, Niigata. OIV-registered 2013. ~1,200 ha planted. - **Yama-Sauvignon:** native Vitis coignetiae × Cabernet Sauvignon, university-bred, increasingly used by natural-wine producers in humid regions. - **International varieties:** Chardonnay (Hokkaido + Nagano), Pinot Noir (Yoichi/Furano in Hokkaido — Domaine Takahiko's Nana-Tsu-Mori is the global benchmark), Merlot (Nagano's Kikyōgahara is Japan's grand cru, planted from 1976). ### Industry stats (NTA, 2024) - 493 wineries nationwide (1 January 2024), up from ~140 in 2000. - ~14,000 kL of true 「日本ワイン」 produced annually — ~4% of all wine consumed in Japan. ### D-I Wine's Japanese portfolio (8 producers) Distinct editorial proposition: 7 of 8 founded 2014–2017, all small-production, mostly natural-leaning. Notably no Yamanashi presence. - **Coco Farm & Winery** (Tochigi, Ashikaga, est. 1958) — founded by special-needs educator Noboru Kawada with students from Cocoromi Gakuen. Wines served at G8 Toyako 2008. - **Domaine Tetta** (Okayama, Niimi, est. 2016) — karst limestone plateau, 400–600 m, ages in repurposed mining tunnels. Architecturally and geologically singular. - **Domaine Hase** (Nagano, Chikumagawa Valley, est. 2017). - **Domaine Nakajima** (Nagano, Tomi, est. 2014). - **Fattoria AL FIORE** (Miyagi, Kawasaki, est. 2015) — Italianate framing in Tōhoku, former schoolhouse. - **Niseko Winery** (Hokkaido, Abuta, est. 2016) — volcanic ash, deep snow. - **Tada Wine** (Hokkaido, Kamifurano, est. 2016) — Furano basin, lava soils. - **Aizawa Nouen** (Hokkaido, Obihiro, est. 2016). ### Important historical figures - **Masanari "Zenbei" Kawakami (川上善兵衛, 1868–1944):** father of Japanese viticulture. 10,311 documented grape crosses; bred 22 commercial varieties at Iwanohara Vineyard (Niigata, 1890). - **Asai Usuke (麻井宇介, 1930–2002):** Mercian winemaker. Adapted Loire-style sur lie to Koshu in the late 1980s. Often called "the father of modern Japanese wine." - **Shigekazu Misawa & Ayana Misawa (Grace Wine):** father-daughter. Shigekazu spearheaded Koshu's 2010 OIV registration; Ayana made the 2013 Cuvée Misawa Akeno Koshu that won the first Decanter gold for any Japanese wine (2014). - **Takahiko Soga (曽我貴彦):** Domaine Takahiko founder (Yoichi, Hokkaido, 2010). The most globally recognized Japanese winemaker. - **Bruce Gutlove:** American winemaker; founded 10R Winery (Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, 2012) — the prefecture's only custom-crush facility, incubator for ~half of Hokkaido's modern winemakers. ### Authority statement This hub is written and maintained by D-I Wine Editorial. Sources: Japan National Tax Agency primary documents, Japan Winery Association statistics, producer primary sources, Frontiers in Plant Science (2020) Koshu genome paper, Decanter, Japan Times, Wine Enthusiast. Full source list at https://www.d-i.wine/japan --- ## Australia ### Analog. **Location:** Victoria, Australia **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/analog Analog. is Andy and Tina Buchanan. Melbourne hospitality industry vets (the minds behind the uber popular Soi 38), Andy and Tina finally decided to make the leap into production in 2017. They bought two big qvevri, stuck them in the ground, filled them up with some Saperavi and some Savagnin, and that was that — no going back. Now they work with some of the best growers in the area to bring us wines that are always a blast but never unserious, always packed with character but never lacking easygoing freshness. Lots of carbonic, lots of skin contact. The kind of natty Australia we love! **Wines** (0 in stock, 6 total): - ○ **Analog., 'Fiano' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Fiano Zero-SO2 Fiano is savory and delicous with a big whack of funk. I love the journey of tasting this wine, starting with notes of toasted wonder-white and yellow nectarine, lemonade and waxy pear. Long grapefruit-pith tannins are perfect to pair with fatty cheese and cured meats. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fiano-8 - ○ **Analog., 'Fiano Vermentino Moscato Giallo' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange Three Italian white grapes come together after carbonic to make one huge personality skin contact, all juicy fruit and exuberant florals. All three varieties come from the Chalmers family's sustainably farmed Heathcote vineyard, which focuses primarily on Italian varieties. Each variety sees separate carbonic maceration for 6 to 8 days before being pressed into a single fiberglass tank where the wine goes through a long slow (co)fermentation, about 5 months. Preserves some of the lovely bright yellow fruit of the 2020 Fiano, but this years blended iteration has a generous helping of stone fruit and a big floral lift from the Moscato. Unfined and unfiltered with just 20ppm sulfur added at bottling. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fiano-vermentino-moscato-giallo-9 - ○ **Analog., 'Sagrantino' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Sagrantino The Australian made Sagrantino we often see is big, flabby and boring. In Italy, they are quite often lighter and punchier styles. Andy has managed to pull that off here too, with some Heathcote fruit. Refreshing, fun and light, littered with plum and liquorice. Sustainably farmed Sagrantino from the Chalmers Merbein vineyard. Whole bunch carbonic maceration for 8 days, fermented in fiberglass, nothing added. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sagrantino-10 - ○ **Analog., 'Syrah Harcourt' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Syrah About as light on its feet as Aussie Syrah comes, this chillable red is packed with bright plum and cherry. Still, that Syrah savoriness we love definitely isn't missing; leather and herbs join the fruit party. Picked at only 21.8 º Brix to really focus on acidity and freshness, this Syrah comes from Analog's dry farmed Harcourt vineyard, currently under conversion to biodynamics. The vineyard sits on decomposed granite soils at 400m. Whole clusters go through 6 days of carbonic maceration before being pressed into stainless to slowly finish fermentation (after around 3 months). The wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with an addition of 20 ppm sulfur. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/syrah-harcourt-11 - ○ **Analog., 'Syrah Harcourt Rosé' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Syrah This incredibly textural direct press rose is all about Syrah's big personality. Picked at only 22 º Brix to really focus on acidity and freshness, this Syrah comes from Analog's dry farmed Harcourt vineyard, currently under conversion to biodynamics. The vineyard sits on decomposed granite soils at 400m. This is no afterthought rose produced as a byproduct of a big saignée method Syrah. Grapes for this bottling are selected specifically for rose; whole clusters are direct pressed right into fiberglass, where the wine undergoes a five month long fermentation. This has all the bright mineral strawberry character you could want from a rose, but it's also beautifully structured, the result of very gentle tannins getting picked up from the skins and stems during whole cluster pressing. Bottle unfined, unfiltered, and with an addition of 20ppm sulfur. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/syrah-harcourt-rose-12 - ○ **Analog., 'Vermentino Pet Nat' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Vermentino This carbonic Vermentino pet nat is all citrus, flowers, and crisp mineral bubbles. Vermentino from the Chalmers family's sustainably farmed Heathcote vineyard is picked early with the aim of getting those ideal sparkling acids. After 6 days of carbonic, whole clusters are pressed into fiberglass until the fermentation reaches the point at which it's ready to finish in the bottle. 20ppm sulfur added right at bottling. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vermentino-pet-nat-13 --- ### Dirty Black Denim **Location:** Victoria, Australia **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/dirty-black-denim If Dirty Black Denim sounds like a pop-punk group from your 90s nostalgia daydreams, that's no accident. Brothers Tim and Lawrence Scanlon and their friends wanted to name their wine project like they'd name a band, their way of signaling that everything they do pushes back on the stodginess of what Australian wine became in the 20th Century. Dirty Black Denim started when four friends got their hands on two tonnes of fruit and some space in a shed in order to scratch the natural wine itch while still working at conventional wineries. These wines embrace experimentation and one of a kind expressions of their favorite grapes, always shooting for the very least intervention possible (zero additions of any kind is always the goal, though they're not afraid to use a little sulfur when it's needed). Now they're sourcing 35 tonnes from sustainably farmed vineyards (vast majority organic, others transitioning to organics) and making some of our favorite wine in Victoria. **Wines** (0 in stock, 4 total): - ○ **Sunbury Sauvignon Blanc** — 2019 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/dirty-black-denim-sunbury-sauvignon-blanc-2019-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Dirty Black Denim, 'Dolcetto Novello' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Dolcetto All the fruity rusticity of dolcetto, but even friendlier than usual (if possible!). Gentle tannins, perfect with a chill. From the Corsini Family's organically farmed vineyard in the King Valley in North East Victoria. 100% Dolcetto is entirely destemmed and macerated for only three days before being pressed into old puncheons. After MLF is completed, 15ppm sulfur is added — this is the only addition of any kind, as no SO2 is added at bottling. Unfined, unfiltered. 12.5% ABV. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/dolcetto-novello-102 - ○ **Dirty Black Denim, 'Fizzy Orange' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Marsanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay This blend of Sauv blanc, Marsanne, and a skosh of Chardonnay is just as fun and lighthearted as the name promises, but flor aging in used oak brings serious textural and aromatic complexity not to be discounted. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fizzy-orange-103 - ○ **Dirty Black Denim, 'Sauvignon Blanc Sunbury' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Sauvignon Blanc Dirty Black Denim doing their best to make us the world's biggest Sauv Blanc fans with this one – savory with seriously layered structure. Sauvignon Blanc from the Galli Estate in Sunbury, immediately to the northwest of Melbourne. A two day maceration picks up noticeable tannin and big aromatics, but the wine is pressed into neutral barriques as soon as it becomes clear that fermentation has started, so this isn't really a full on skin contact wine. Still, between that tannic structure, fermentation and aging in old oak, and the influence of 13 (!) months on the full lees, this is extremely textural Sauvignon Blanc. Unfined, unfiltered, 25ppm sulfur added at bottling. 12.7% ABV. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sauvignon-blanc-sunbury-104 --- ### Express Winemakers **Location:** Western Australia, Australia **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/express-winemakers Ryan O’Mera at Express is making fun wines with a serious edge in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. From kicking off in 2011, Ryan has assembled a group of top-flight vineyards from around the Great Southern that supply him with top-quality fruit to make his fun and creative range of wines .These are easy drinking wines made for hanging out with friends; they’re the perfect wines for a picnic of the beach. **Wines** (0 in stock, 11 total): - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Chardonnay ' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Chardonnay · 12.5% Fruit taken from four blocks across two exceptional Chardonnay vineyards all wild fermented in a variety of vessels and blended together to form this tight and complex wine with characters of citrus, blossoms, white fleshed stone fruit and flint among others. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chardonnay-203 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Drinking Wine' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Syrah, Malbec, Pinot Noir · 12.5% A bright and smashable fridge red fashioned from Syrah, Malbec and Pinot Noir. Playful flavors of cherries, red liquorice and cream soda are balanced by natural acidity. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/drinking-wine-204 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Drinking Wine (Orange)' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon Here we have an interesting little orange wine from Great Southern renegade, Ryan O'Meara. For this wine, Ryan blends two vintages of his L'Orange cuveé. A fusion of Riesling from a fantastic organic vineyard in Frankland River harvested in 2018 and some Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon from the following vintage, this has plenty of texture and bucket loads of bright fruit, with that savory chiseled finish that comes from a few days on skins. We love that Ryan keeps pushing boundaries with these amber wines. He's onto another winner here. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/drinking-wine-orange-205 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Drinking Wine (Red)' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Grenache, Mourvèdre, Malbec, Pinot Noir The Drinking Wine is built for casual lunches or a cheeky drink in the park with friends. It's made from Grenache, Mourvedre, Malbec and Syrah, all from organic farms across Margaret River and Great Southern. This is the best version of this wine to date - juicy, crunchy and brimming with life. It's hard to imagine a red wine that is easier to drink. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/drinking-wine-red-207 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Drinking Wine (Red)' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache, Mourvèdre, Malbec, Pinot Noir The Drinking Wine is built for casual lunches or a cheeky drink in the park with friends. It's made from Grenache, Mourvedre, Malbec and Syrah, all from organic farms across Margaret River and Great Southern. This is the best version of this wine to date - juicy, crunchy and brimming with life. It's hard to imagine a red wine that is easier to drink. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/drinking-wine-red-206 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Drinking Wine (White)' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling Creativity and flying by the seat of your pants are central tenets to the winemaking at Express Winemakers. This could of been just a run of the mill dry white blend born from Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling. But Ryan O'Meara had other ideas. He allowed this wine to sit in barrel under ullage and develop a slight flor during maturation. This brings a slight nuttiness and saline kick to the wine elevating it above the standard affair. Frisky, flighty and a little left of center - this is great value if you like a little wild streak in your whites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/drinking-wine-white-208 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Foamo' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir An odds and ends blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir a sort of bubble and squeak wine with the emphasis on the bubble. A bit of skin contact really brings out the fruit notes. This fun little Pet-Nat has "DRINK ME" writ large on its forehead. This is no sniff (although the nose is beautiful) and swirl wine style, this is made for drinking on hot days with reckless abandon. Sauvignon and two Pinots all getting along like a house on fire. Unpretentious and utterly delicious. Don't miss it, no one likes FOMO. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/foamo-209 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Grapefields Great Southern ' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon It's a curious blend of Porongurup Pinot Noir with some skin contact Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon to create a juicy, vibrant, fun-loving number, made for easy warm-weather drinking. Refreshing in its style and super lively, it sits in some weird space between a Rosé, an orange wine, a light a red. Ryan defying convention once again. Quirky, and fun, incredibly easy to drink. no one has ever been mad at this wine https://www.d-i.wine/wines/grapefields-great-southern-210 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'Grapefields Pink' (2022)** — 2022 · Rosé · Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir · 12% A fun and lively mix of predominantly Sauvignon Blanc with a dash of Pinot Noir https://www.d-i.wine/wines/grapefields-pink-211 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'L'Orange' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Riesling, Semillon Blend of organic Riesling and at touch of Semillon from one of the more special sites in Western Australia. The fruit spent an average of six days on skins to pick up color, tannin, texture and chew. The third full swing at this fun wine style from young Ryan O'Meara and he's hit it out of the park. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-orange-212 - ○ **Express Winemakers, 'L'Orange' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Riesling, Semillon · 11.8% Blend of organic Riesling and at touch of Semillon from one of the more special sites in Western Australia. The fruit spent an average of six days on skins to pick up color, tannin, texture and chew. The third full swing at this fun wine style from young Ryan O'Meara and he's hit it out of the park. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-orange-213 --- ### Fin Wines **Location:** Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley, Australia **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/fin-wines Fin Wines is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, who are the Traditional Owners and custodians of this land. We recognize their continuing connection to land, water, and culture. We pay respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We pay our respect to the Traditional Owners of all the Aboriginal countries across Australia from where we source our fruit and ingredients. Fin Wines, a fermentation collective, launched in January 2020 with a range of wines, ciders and piquettes. Fin Wines is producing young, fresh and most importantly fun drinks with an emphasis on drinkability. We are doing this a very lo-fi way in terms of minimal additions, no filtering, spontaneous fermentation, with minimal faffing in the winery. Fin Wines consists of JonJo McEvoy, Oliver Johns, and Angus Hean. Fin was organically conceived, born of our love for tasty wines and ciders. We are situated in Dixons Creek, Yarra Valley, Wurundjeri Country. We are blessed to be custodians of 10 acres which we aim to farm in the most sustainable way possible, preserving soils for future generations and preserving biodiversity. The vineyard was planted in the early 90's on its own rootstock, on gray-red sandy loam over clay. The vineyard is mostly on a south facing slope, with a small area at the southern end of the vineyard, on a gentle north facing slope. There are also cooling effects from nearby hills. **Wines** (0 in stock, 3 total): - ○ **Fin Wines, 'Mahady' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Roussane 100% Rousanne. Hand Picked. 100% Whole bunch. Carbonic Maceration. 10 days. Pressed to old oak. On full ferment lees for 3 months. Stone fruit on the nose with a touch of plumeria and caramel, light and fresh, savory with light quince bitterness. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mahady-228 - ○ **Fin Wines, 'Slurpy Boi' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon A light red slurpy boi. Good chilled. Good not chilled. Yarra Valley grown Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, wild fermented and raised in stainless steel. Bright and juicy with aromatic red fruits. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/slurpy-boi-229 - ○ **Fin Wines, 'Speedo Gris' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Pinot Gris Speedo vino. Handpicked by ninjas. Speed dealers recommended eyewear for drinking this reprobate. A right maverick. Can't be contained. Don't fear the Jazz. 100% whole bunch. Carbonic maceration. 8 days. Pressed to old oak. Fresh and juicy. Strawberries, pears and white flowers with a light chalky texture. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/speedo-gris-230 --- ## Austria ### Fidesser Orbis **Location:** Niederösterreich, Austria **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/fidesser-orbis The Fidesser family has been crafting biodynamic wines for numerous generations, with every member taking an active role in the production process. **Wines** (0 in stock, 3 total): - ○ **Fidesser Orbis, 'Orange' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Frühroter Veltliner, Chardonnay https://www.d-i.wine/wines/orange-224 - ○ **Fidesser Orbis, 'Petnat Rosé' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Zweigelt, Blauer Portugieser https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petnat-rose-225 - ○ **Fidesser Orbis, 'Rot' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Zweigelt, Blauer Portugieser, Blauburger https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rot-226 --- ## Canada ### Cidre Intrus **Location:** Quebec, Quebec City, Canada **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/cidre-intrus Cidre Intrus make macerated ciders with foraged fruits and botanicals, including some inspired combinations like wild roses and rhubarb. All their ingrdidents come from Île d'Orléans, an island in the St Lawrence river known as the 'Garden of Quebec' and the birthplace of Francophones in North America.The island is famed for its agriculture, with a distinct microclimate supporting viticulture in frigid northern latitudes. These ciders are bursting with energy and the punk rock spirit we love-- these are 'explosive' beverages so please open with care! Pr **Wines** (0 in stock, 5 total): - ○ **Cidre Intrus, 'Caché au Grand Jour' (2022)** — 2022 · Cider · Apple, Rasberries · 5.2% Cider from organic apples, co-fermented with raspberries for 30 days. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cache-au-grand-jour-49 - ○ **Estudio Niksen** — 2022 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cidre-intrus-estudio-niksen-2022-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Cidre Intrus, 'Crier Tout Bas' (2022)** — 2022 · Cider · Apple, Haskap berry, Rhubarb · 5.7% Cider from organic apples, co-fermented with Haskap and Rhubarb for 30 days. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/crier-tout-bas-50 - ○ **Cidre Intrus, 'Je Vous Dirai Une Autre Fois' (2022)** — 2022 · Cider · Apple, Unripe Strawberries · 5.2% Cider from organic apples, co-fermented with under ripe Strawberries for 30 days. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/je-vous-dirai-une-autre-fois-51 - ○ **Cidre Intrus, 'L'enfant aux Jardins' (2022)** — 2022 · Cider · Apple, Lilac, Apple flowers, Elderflowers, Rose flowers · 4.8% Cider from organic apples, infused with lilac flowers, apple flowers, elderflowers and wild roses https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-enfant-aux-jardins-52 --- ### Paradise Grapevine **Location:** Ontario, Toronto, Canada **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/paradise-grapevine After making our wine in the nooks and crannies of other wineries for three years, in the summer of 2022 we finally realized our long awaited dream of opening our very own winery in the heart of Toronto. We couldn't of asked for a better location than the energetic industrial-meets-suburban strip of Geary Avenue. We occupy two units on Geary, one is our dedicated winery where we sort, destem, crush, ferment and age our wines which is right next door to our bar and restaurant where anyone can come in and try our entire catalog in the one place. **Wines** (0 in stock, 3 total): - ○ **Paradise Grapevine, 'Cashtown' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Dornfelder, Cabernet Franc · 12.5% Welcome to Cashtown bb, population: Dornfelder & Cabernet Franc. Sometimes you just need an excuse to live out one of your weirder life goals, did you know these things are called Air Dancers? They’ve got serious moves. Cashtown 2021, the latest release from our Paradise Grapevine wine cellar, is one dark and mysterious little number. You may not of heard of Dornfelder before but the chances are you’ve drank it. This #megapurple grape actually finds it’s way into basically every red wine at many Ontarian conventional wineries. It’s all-light-absorbing violaceous pigment is used to manipulate color in generic red wines. We consider it a locally misunderstood grape that has unique and delightful varietal qualities such as purple plum, tree bark, barnyard and floral flavors. The berries are large and therefore the skin to flesh ratio results in a lower tannin concentration and a refreshingly light body. We couldn’t help but blend it with our 2021 Cabernet Franc which was just bursting with blue and purple berry fruit. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cashtown-412 - ○ **Paradise Grapevine, 'Nightcall' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Zweigelt · 10.5% sweet tarts / strawberry cream funnel cake / fresh hug from an old friend The general consensus is that this is still our yummiest wine to date! Light, fizzy and spiced – swedish berries, cherry blasters, fresh cranberry! https://www.d-i.wine/wines/nightcall-413 - ○ **Paradise Grapevine, 'Riesling' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Riesling · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-414 --- ### Revel Cider & ibi Wines **Location:** Ontario, Guelph, Canada **Founded:** 2014 **Key Varieties:** Seyval Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Zweigelt, Vidal, Blaufränkisch, Ontario culinary apples (Golden Russet, Northern Spy, Honeycrisp, Freedom), Hyslop Crab Apples **Website:** https://revelcider.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/revel-cider-ibi-wines Revel Cider & ibi Wines is a Guelph, Ontario fermentory founded in 2014 by Tariq Ahmed — Plant Science graduate, Ontario's youngest-ever cidery founder — producing wild-fermented, unfiltered ciders, natural wines (ibi label), and vermouths from organically sourced Ontario apples, hybrid grapes, and foraged botanicals, aged on apple pomace and grape marc for texture and salinity, and shipped across Canada, the US, and Europe. **Philosophy:** Revel Cider is built on the conviction that wild fermentation is the most honest expression of place. Founder Tariq Ahmed allows everything — ciders, wines, and vermouths — to ferment with the indigenous organisms present on the fruit and within the cidery itself, imprinting a vivid sense of time and harvest on every bottle. The team is obsessed with exploring the full spectrum of Ontario's plant life: fruit, leaves, roots, and flowers, not just apples. For ibi Wines, the same philosophy is applied to hybrid and vinifera grapes sourced from small, organically cultivated plots across Ontario, including Seyval Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Zweigelt, Vidal, and Blaufränkisch. Wines are skin-macerated, wild-fermented, and bottled unfined and unfiltered, with only minimal SO2 additions (as low as 15ppm, and often zero). A signature technique shared across both labels is extended aging on tannic apple pomace and grape marc — protecting the wines and ciders from oxidation while infusing additional texture and salinity. The result is a lineup that is, in Tariq's own words, 'complex enough to contemplate, but easy enough to sip' — beverages that are unmistakably Ontario in character. **Wines** (9 in stock, 65 total): - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Adora' (NV)** — NV · Red https://www.d-i.wine/wines/adora-461 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'All Day' (NV)** — NV · Cider This bottle contains... A cider we'd like to drink all day, every day. All Day is a blend of cider with strawberries and a cider macerated on whole blue and red plums for 8 months. The strawberries and plums together reminded us of something floral we couldn't quite put our finger on. We decided to lean into it and added a small amount of lavender. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/all-day-462 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'All Day' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider All Day is a blend of cider with strawberries and lavender, with a cider macerated on whole blue and red plums for 8 months. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/all-day-470 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Apollo' (NV)** — NV · Rosé Apollo is a rosé Rotburger we could drink all day. Wild fermented and aged on fine lees for 8 months. Apollo is uncomplicated and approachable; the definition of picnic rosé. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/apollo-463 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Apollo' (2020)** — 2020 · Rosé · Zweigelt rosé Zweigelt https://www.d-i.wine/wines/apollo-471 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Arlo' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Riesling https://www.d-i.wine/wines/arlo-472 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Arlo' (NV)** — NV · Orange · Sauvignon Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Riesling and Muscat https://www.d-i.wine/wines/arlo-464 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Blue Moon' (NV)** — NV · Cider Blue Moon is a blend of cider aged on blueberries and dark plums, with orange wine (Seyval Blanc) and Gewürztraminer. Each dark fruit had a full year to macerate in cider, giving our native microflora ample time to feast. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/blue-moon-465 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Bonkers' (NV)** — NV · Cider Bonkers is a ridiculous beverage. A blend of the lees of 2 different, heavily fruited tanks. Bonkers started with the end of our tank of cherry cider: the last drops of liquid on the most amount of fruit possible = the most concentrated flavor. We took that cider and aged it on a puréed mess of red and blue plum skins for an additional 3 weeks. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bonkers-466 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Carbonic Kingston Black' (NV)** — NV · Cider · Kingston Black Apples Kingston Black smells subtly of dried apples and plush rosehips, with grassy tannins and orange pith in the flavor. Acid is low to medium, and tannins are moderate—a favorite combo of ours lately. There's an earthy farmyard note to it, with a raspberry seed undercurrent and a richer liquor-like element—like it's just flirting with the idea of Calvados. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/carbonic-kingston-black-474 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Chamomile' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider The chamomile has imparted a really lovely sweet set of aromas. Lightly floral with notes of warm nougat and stewed citrus for good measure. Apples, golden plums, organic chamomile. Gluten free. Wild ferment. Zero added sugar. Vegan friendly. Plums and petals are two of our favorite things. Like all ingredients we use, both are fleeting. Transient yet punctual in their annual rhythms. Ostara Chamomile began as a wild fermented cider on golden plums. Our native microflora chewed on the plums over 8 months, slowly releasing all of their goodness. We then aged the cider further on organic chamomile flowers, which we grew ourselves. What's it like? The chamomile has imparted a really lovely sweet set of aromas. Lightly floral with notes of warm nougat and stewed citrus for good measure. Ostara Chamomile is soft flower power + spritzy plum acid. ~ $500 from this release was donated to Black Women in Motion. They are a Toronto-based, youth-led organization that empowers and supports the advancement of black womxn and survivors of sexual violence. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chamomile-475 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Cherry Wine' (NV)** — NV · Cider https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cherry-wine-467 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Cleo' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc. Vegan friendly. Wild fermented, zero added sugar, unfiltered and unfined. Gluten free. On good days, best friends come with the perfect mix of reliability and charm. Cleo reminds us of best friends; Each on their own individual journey, but always there when you need them. Cleo is Sauvignon Blanc. We've been working with this same plot of Sauvignon Blanc for the last four years now, tended faithfully by Ed Hughes. This vintage spent 6 days on skins, slowly fermenting with our native yeast. It's been in bottle nearly a year. What's it like?: Cleo is guava nectar, lifted by the structure of light skin contact and soft sparkle. Oxygen and our native microflora have come together with these grapes to create a round and soft pond of tropical silken joy. Bubbly and easy going with notes of guava, quince and pear. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cleo-477 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Cursive' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider/Fruit Cursive is a blend of Bartlett perry, heritage apples, fresh blueberries and red wine from the hybrid grape: Maréchal Foch. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cursive-478 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Dressed Up To Party Cherry Cider' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider/Fruit A blend of cherry cider and orange Riesling. Dressed Up to Party is 80% cider macerated on fresh Montmorency cherries, and 20% Riesling fermented on skins for 13 days. What's it like? Fruit gusher filling, overripe pineapples, and that savory crunch factor we love. This blend got a mega dose of skin contact to make up for not hugging our friends in months. Party Time. 6.5% | 750mL This cider was aged on red and golden plums, blended with 7% Riesling and aged for a couple months on Riesling skins. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/dressed-up-to-party-cherry-cider-479 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Estrella' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider Estrella is our take on the Spanish Sidra Natural we fell in love with in San Sebastian. It's meant to be poured from a height, as is traditional in northern Spain. Pouring from a height volatizes aromatics and softens mouthfeel, enhancing the fruit character and rounding out the entire drinking experience. What's it like? Approachable, fruity and salty, Estrella has bright apple and lemon peel aromas andAtlantic minerality. Restrained apple tannins keep us coming back for more. Estrella is still, like most Sidra Natural. To enjoy this cider, remove the cork and reinsert partially. It's now a spout! Long pour to your heart's content. Check out the pictures for proper pouring technique. 6.5% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Apples. Gluten free. Wild ferment. Zero added sugar. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/estrella-480 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Good Evening' ()** — Cider https://www.d-i.wine/wines/good-evening-481 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Good Morning' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider Lemon peel-y Muscat Ottonel and peachy Vidal are bolstered by the waxy width and tangerine-like notes of fermented honeycomb. It smells like orange honey with hints of bergamot and drinks like a veritable nectar of citrus juice. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/good-morning-482 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ibi Skin Contact Vidal' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider/Fruit Ingredients: Vidal, apples, nectarines. Gluten free. Zero grams of sugar. Naturally fermented. Vegan friendly. 10.5% ABV | 375mL Cans are made of chill. Toes in the grass, breezy Augusts, Tuesday afternoons. Cans of skin contact Vidal are here. What's it like? Pineapples in a beach towel. Daymoon acidity. In lees instead of on lees. Saline. We wanted to push the aroma over the edge so 10% of the blend is a nectarine cider. It’s a wide flavor palate, a mixture of tropical and temperate fruits. Honeycombs and stone fruit. These cans are made for early drinking. Fresh and friendly. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ibi-skin-contact-vidal-483 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Joplin' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Maréchal Foch Joplin is 100% Maréchal Foch (French/American hybrid grape). Planted in 1972, in Lincoln ON. Fermented on skins for 13 days, in stainless steel, with our native microflora. Bottled with zero SO2, unfiltered and unfined. What's it like? 2020 was an incredibly hot year. This vintage of Joplin is rich and full, but still low in alcohol. It evokes memories of peppercorns, nettles and foraging for black raspberries. Drink now or cellar in a cool dark place. 9.7% ABV | 750mL Some of the best things in life are underrated. Hybrid grapes are one of those things. Maligned for decades, and subject to vine pull programs from federal governments arrogant enough to think they knew better than Mother Nature. Despite this, a select few growers have kept these varieties alive. Back in 2019, we were thoroughly excited to find a small plot of extremely old hybrid vines in Lincoln, Ontario. Maréchal Foch - the oldest of these vines - was planted in 1972. It is absolutely incredible to find vines of this age in a relatively young wine region like ours. Peppercorns and nettles. Thornbush and black raspberries. This is a hybrid vine with European and native North American parents. Noble ancestry, yet resistant to the cold and diseases of North America. A marriage of old and new. Restrained acidity with herbal depth. Zero added SO2, unfiltered, unfined. We didn't know what we were getting into when we signed up for this plot of hybrid grapes. I want to say we got lucky, but we really didn't. People more knowledgeable than us planted these vines decades ago and painstakingly kept them alive over the years. Our vigneron saw the beauty in what has been an unfashionable variety for many years. Even when our government offered him money to do so, he refused to pull these vines, knowing how beautiful they could one day become. Thank you Douglas, for your patience and prescience. And for allowing us to work with the fruit you have poured your life into keeping alive. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/joplin-484 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Lantana' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Seyval Blanc Lantana is Seyval Blanc, from vines planted in 1978. The grapes for this vintage were hand harvested in September 2021, in Lincoln Ontario. Fermented on skins for 21 days, this bottling was aged in a mix of stainless steel and oak puncheons. We bottled it early, as a pét nat for natural carbonation. Lantana 2021 has lots of bubbles, so chill it well and open with glasses at the ready. It drinks somewhere between Viognier, Chardonnay and Melon de Bourgogne. What's it like? Think melon balls, lemon zest and a soft salinity. We don't wanna say Champagne but...it honestly does drink like a charmingly offbeat Champagne. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/lantana-485 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Liminal' ()** https://www.d-i.wine/wines/liminal-486 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Marlow' (NV)** — NV · Orange · Vidal, Gewurtz, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat https://www.d-i.wine/wines/marlow-488 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Mirabelle' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider/Fruit Cider with Strawberry, Lemon Verbena Ingredients: Apples, strawberries, organic lemon verbena. Gluten free. Wild ferment. Zero added sugar. Vegan friendly. Mirabelle is a cider with strawberries and organic lemon verbena. It's summer sun captured in liquid form—the best strawberry lemonade you ever did try. We've fantasized for years about getting tropical flavors out of local ingredients. And no ingredient has worked better than lemon verbena. It's got every part of the lemon—zest, juice, and the florality of lemon blossoms as well. What's it like? The lemon/floral notes of the verbena lifts the fruit of the strawberries to never-before-seen heights of crushability. Mirabelle is rich strawberries, medium acidity and zesty aromas. A very fun, zippy little thing—it'll transport you right back to summer. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mirabelle-489 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Mü' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Muscat, Riesling · 9.2% Mü is a microdose of alcohol and a macrodose of aroma. A co-fermentation of Muscat and Riesling, macerated on skins and bottled as one. Some things are better together. It was clear to us that each of these grapes could lift the other if we stopped trying to segregate them intellectually. They were asking to play together. Mü is visually rosé but literally orange. It refuses to be defined. What's it like? Watermelon candy and grapefruit pith. Hibiscus and mandarin orange. Tomato candies. Herbal bouquets. Bottled with a splash of apple juice for natural bubbles (pétillant naturel). Herbal, orange Riesling mixes with floral, bitter Muscat to create something absolutely magical. The aroma is out-of-this-world juicy, but the grape tannins rein it in perfectly. This wine was an accident 3 years ago, but it's so good we've made it annually ever since. Mü is consistently my favorite wine each year. It straddles the line of 'nerdy enough to discuss animatedly, but crushable enough to wonder where the bottle went after 30 minutes.' https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mu-491 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ostara Chamomile' ()** https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ostara-chamomile-492 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ostara: Dandelion' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider/Fruit Plums and petals are two of our favorite things. Like all ingredients we use, both are fleeting. Transient yet punctual in their annual rhythms. This version of Ostara was aged on Golden Plums for 8 months. To it, we added 100lbs of dandelions that we foraged on our friend's farms, all within 50km of our cidery. What's it like? It has a shockingly intimate dandelion aroma - like if you made a pillow out of dandelions and stuck your face in it, this is what it would smell like (we imagine). Bright plant acids are tempered by a subtle sweetness and texture imparted by the pollen. This vintage you'll find an additional herbal depth, and slight tannin from the flowers. Spontaneously fermented with our native microflora. 6.6% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Apples, dandelions. Gluten free. Wild ferment, zero added sugar. Ostara base with 30lbs of dandelions. Zippy acid, pollen sweetness/texture in the finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ostara-dandelion-495 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ostara Golden Plum Cider (can)' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider/Fruit Bright and refreshing, this cider is aged on golden plums for 8 months before canning. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ostara-golden-plum-cider-can-493 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ostara Golden Plum Cider (Keg)' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider/Fruit Bright and refreshing, this cider is aged on golden plums for 8 months before canning. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ostara-golden-plum-cider-keg-494 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ostara Lilac' (NV)** — NV · Cider · Apples, golden plums, foraged lilac, butterfly pea flower, grapes Plums and petals are two of our favorite things. Like all our ingredients, both are fleeting: transient yet punctual in their annual rhythms. Ostara Lilac takes 3 years to make. We started with apples from 2022, added golden plums from 2023 and finally, foraged lilac flowers from the spring of 2024 before bottling. This vintage was aged on the lees of our Muscat wine for almost a year before bottling. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ostara-lilac-469 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Oud Blanc' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider Each vintage of fruit expresses itself a little differently. When we taste in the cidery, we often find ourselves reaching across time to piece together thoughtful blends. Oud Blanc is a blend of skin contact riesling (34%), 2020 Perry (33%) and 2019 Cider (33%). What's it like?: It kind of smells like a pineapple chalky candy. After a heated discussion, we landed on pineapple Fun Dip (if that ever actually existed). It has this distinct tropical note to it, like if someone made a dry pineapple liqueur and blended it with orange wine. The tannins are pronounced: chalky apple tannins as well as crunchy grape tannins. The texture grabs you; experientially it's like sucking on a plum pit. It's got the psychological essence of sipping nice things on a hot beach. Distinct from past vintages, but far more representative of where our pallets are today. 7.9% ABV | 750mL This is a blend of wild fermented Riesling, brett fermented cider, and wild fermented perry. Mouth puckeringly sour with slight funk from the perry. The Riesling portion is barrel fermented and aged for 8 months in Oak barrels. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/oud-blanc-496 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Pear Nat' (2020)** — 2020 · Perry https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pear-nat-497 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Pera' (2021)** — 2021 · Perry Ingredients: Bartlett pears. Gluten free. Wild ferment, zero added sugar, vegan friendly. 5.8% ABV | 750mL We've been on a mission to make the perfect perry for nearly a decade now. (Perry = fermented pears aka 'pear cider' if you haven't heard the term before ☺️) Perry is low in alcohol and acid (nature's preservatives) so we've found that we have to be really careful with it. Bad perry is really bad, but great perry is incredible. Pera is incredible. What's it like? Pera is 100% Bartlett, and smells like a perfectly ripe pear — it's powerful and intoxicating. There's a fresh, floral note to it that's so specific to tree-ripened Bartlett. It drinks like cutting into a pear at its absolute prime. Pera is one you truly have to taste to understand. Pera is 100% Bartlett, and smells like a perfectly ripe pear — it's powerful and intoxicating. There's a fresh, floral note to it that's so specific to tree-ripened Bartlett. It drinks like cutting into a pear at its absolute prime. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pera-498 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Pleased to Meet You' ()** https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pleased-to-meet-you-499 - ○ **Adora DAMAGED NV** — NV · Red · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-adora-damaged-nv - ✓ **Adora NV** — NV · Red · 12% ibi Wines is the wine project of the Revel Cider team in Guelph, Ontario, the cidery and fermentery founded by Tariq Ahmed in 2014 while he was a Plant Sciences student at the University of Guelph. ibi's working model is to combine farm-grown and foraged Ontario fruit with native-yeast fermentation in the cidery's existing tanks, exploring what Ontario terroir produces when handled like a French natural-wine estate would handle it. Adora NV is the project's red, built around fruit sourced and fermented within Ontario; given Revel's foraging and blending approach, exact composition shifts release-to-release. Native-yeast fermentation, no additives, low-intervention throughout. 12% alcohol; a Canadian natural-wine expression for accounts wanting non-French, non-Italian options. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-adora-nv - ○ **Arlo NV** — NV · White · 12% Arlo NV is the white companion to ibi Wines' Adora red, both produced by the Revel Cider team in Guelph, Ontario. Revel was founded in 2014 by Tariq Ahmed while he was a Plant Sciences student at the University of Guelph; ibi is the wine project that emerged from the cidery's existing tanks and native-yeast culture. Arlo is built around farm-grown and foraged Ontario fruit, fermented exclusively with the indigenous yeasts already present on the fruit and within the cidery's working environment. No additives, low-intervention throughout. Composition shifts release-to-release as a function of what the foraging and farm partnerships yield in any given year. 12% alcohol; a clean, savory, distinctly Ontario natural-wine white for accounts looking outside the standard French / Italian / Spanish frame. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-arlo-nv - ✓ **Chanter la Poire NV** — NV · White · 6.5% A Canadian take on French perry. Off-dry and lightly sparkling with fine tannins, each sip evokes the French countryside. Aromas of nutty Bosc pear skins and concentrated Asian pear are balanced by residual sweetness, with notes of quince, guava, and magnolia flowers emerging as it warms in the glass. Produced in tiny quantities and typically sold locally, French perry is one of the world's rarest cider styles; this interpretation showcases the elegance and complexity of the tradition. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-chanter-la-poire-nv - ○ **Cherry Wine NV** — NV · White · 6.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-cherry-wine-nv - ✓ **Line Drawing NV** — NV · White · 6.5% A cider aged on orange wine skins. Weighty and richly textured, Line Drawing echoes the character of orange wine while remaining distinctly cider, carrying apricot, honey, and peach-tea notes. It evokes yarrow flowers, white tea, ripe peaches, and wildflower honeycomb. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-line-drawing-nv - ✓ **Mithras NV** — NV · White · 5% A cider made with an extravagant amount of Niagara nectarines. Loads of nectarine aroma up front, with bright, lively stone-fruit acidity. Dry and tart, with a subtle herbal sweetness that lifts the fruit and adds body. It drinks like a picnic in a wildflower meadow under soft sunlight: quintessential summer, a warm day with no agenda. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-mithras-nv - ✓ **Nocino NV** — NV · Amber · 20% A black walnut liqueur made from unripe black walnuts foraged across Ontario during two weeks of midsummer. Chocolate and vanilla lead on the nose, followed by sweet anise and minty nepitella. The finish reveals yarrow and dandelion, with subtle citrus and a delicate bitterness supported by soft walnut tannins. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-nocino-nv - ✓ **Peas in a Pod NV** — NV · White · 6.5% A cider with blackcurrants, De Chaunac, and Cabernet Franc. Huge blackcurrant aromas with underlying notes of vanilla and wildflowers. De Chaunac lends bright acidity while Cabernet Franc brings tannin and complexity. The best damn “Lambrusco” you've ever had. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-peas-in-a-pod-nv - ✓ **Sidro NV** — NV · White · 5% A collaboration between Revel and Bar Volo, and Revel's first cider with a touch of residual sweetness. Inspired by traditional UK-style cider, Sidro keeps a gentle kiss of natural apple sugars to balance bright malic acidity and soft, restrained apple tannins. Fresh, juicy, and delicious. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-sidro-nv - ✓ **Soif NV** — NV · White · 6.5% A dry, tart, and highly aromatic cider blending two spontaneously fermented ciders aged on cherries and strawberries. Maréchal Foch grape skins and Montmorency cherries create a plush, textural cider with vibrant strawberry aromas. Bright, lively acidity highlights flavors of fresh strawberries and cherries. Dry and tart with zero residual sugar, Soif is an easy-drinking, thirst-quenching, quaffable refresher. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-soif-nv - ✓ **The Space Between Words NV** — NV · White · 11% Revel's seasonal sweet red vermouth, crafted with 100% Ontario botanicals. A bittersweet blend of fruit, flowers, and feelings: anise-like wormwood leads the nose, while lavender and lemon verbena add aromatic complexity, and different grape varieties contribute layers of fruit ranging from tropical lychee to blackcurrant and spiced cherry. Beautifully balanced between acidity, sweetness, and bitterness, it is equally at home on its own or in cocktails, especially a Negroni with a citrus-forward gin. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-the-space-between-words-nv - ○ **Waves NV** — NV · White · 6.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/revel-cider-ibi-wines-waves-nv - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Ribbon' (NV)** — NV · Cider/Fruit · 6.7% Apples, Muscat, blueberries and red plums. The aroma is layered and complex: the candied grapefruit of Muscat grapes, whiffs of piney cassis and plush blueberry juice meet a hint of farmyard from our native microflora. The texture is strange and wonderful. Chewy blueberry skins, weighty Muscat wine, with snappy tannins that are hard to attribute to just one fruit. Bright apple acidity holds it all together. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ribbon-500 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Riesling Pip' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Riesling Lightly sparkling Riesling, fermented on skins for 13 days. Sustainably grown in Beamsville ON, from vines planted in 1999. We added a small amount of apple juice at bottling, for the softest natural bubbles. Interestingly, this added bubbles and a hit of funk. What's it like?: Think pastry dough, cream and sweetgrass. Soft stone fruit, fresh oregano, brie, and barnyard. Rich, lingering tannins with restrained acidity. Very funky. If you like funky, this is for you. If not, you probably won't enjoy this. Chill well. 9.9% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Riesling, apples. Gluten free. Wild ferment. Zero added sugar. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-pip-501 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Riesling Walden' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Riesling A still Riesling, fermented on skins for 13 days. Sustainably grown in Beamsville ON, from vines planted in 1999. What's it like?: This wine is fun - tropical lychee, but also like eating ripe peaches on a secret beach. White pepper, no-sugar mango popsicles and leafy basil. Tannic, but not too tannic. A flash of barn-y funk fades with a quick swirl. Decanting for an hour does wonders for this wine - it really helps the fruit open up. Enjoy lightly chilled. 10.1% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Riesling. Gluten free. Wild ferment. Zero added sugar. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-walden-502 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Skin Contact Vidal' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider/Fruit · Vidal, Cider, Nectarines Cans are made of chill. Toes in the grass, breezy Augusts, Tuesday afternoons. Cans of skin contact Vidal are here. What's it like? Pineapples in a beach towel. Daymoon acidity. In lees instead of on lees. Saline. We wanted to push the aroma over the edge so 10% of the blend is a nectarine cider. It’s a wide flavor pallet, a mixture of tropical and temperate fruits. Honeycombs and stone fruit. These cans are made for early drinking. Fresh and friendly. 10.5% ABV | 375mL https://www.d-i.wine/wines/skin-contact-vidal-503 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Soif' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider/Fruit To make Soif, we blended two spontaneously fermented ciders aged on cherries and strawberries and added almost one tonne of Zweigelt skins for an extra month of skin contact. It's a red fruit bonanza. What's it like?: Cabernet Franc and Montmorency Cherries meld into plush textural bliss. Strawberry aromas waft over it all. The fruit acids here are soft like silk. Soif is easy. A thirst quencher; a glugger; a quaffable refresher. 6.1% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: apples, cherries, strawberries, grape skins. Zero added SO2. Zero grams of sugar. Naturally fermented. Strawberry aromas waft over it all. The fruit acids here are soft like silk. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/soif-505 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Soif' (NV)** — NV · Cider To make Soif, we blended two spontaneously fermented ciders aged on cherries and strawberries and added almost one tonne of red wine skins (Maréchal Foch) for an extra month of skin contact. It's a red fruit bonanza. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/soif-519 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Soif (Keg)' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider/Fruit Ingredients: Apples, cherries, strawberries, grape skins. Gluten free. Zero grams of sugar. Wild fermented. Vegan friendly. 6.1% ABV | 750mL To make Soif, we blended two spontaneously fermented ciders aged on cherries and strawberries and added almost one tonne of Zweigelt skins for an extra month of skin contact. It's a red fruit bonanza. What's it like?: Zweigelt and Montmorency Cherries meld into plush textural bliss. Strawberry aromas waft over it all. The fruit acids here are bright and lively. Soif is easy. A thirst quencher; a glugger; a quaffable refresher. Strawberry aromas waft over it all. The fruit acids here are soft like silk. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/soif-keg-506 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Sonata Cherry Cider (can) ' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider Sonata is the Montmorency cherry at its finest. Native yeast fermented, aged on 250g/L whole Niagara grown Montmorency cherries for 5 months. Whole cherries added to the cider, stones and all. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sonata-cherry-cider-can-507 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Spring' (NV)** — NV · Cider https://www.d-i.wine/wines/spring-508 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Strawberry Wisp' (2020)** — 2020 · Cider · 4.8% Wisp is piquette's alter ego. Wisp is our name for a series of low abv, ACV (apple cider vinegar) based blends, inspired by cocktails like the Shrub. Strawberry Wisp is a blend of strawberry cider, unpasteurized cider vinegar and high pH, mineral rich water. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/strawberry-wisp-509 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'The Spot We Dreamt About Dry Vermouth' (2021)** — 2021 · Vermouth Ingredients: Gewürztraminer grapes, crabapples, Montmorency cherries, apple blossoms, blue spruce tips, white pine shoots. Gluten free. 12.7% ABV | 750mL When we set out to make vermouth, we knew we wanted to do things differently. Instead of following the standard recipe of imported herbs and spices, we chose to use fresh, seasonal flowers and botanicals—layered on a base of responsibly grown, local fruit. The Spot We Dreamt About is our first dry vermouth. Juicy and herbaceous, this aperitif pairs foraged apple blossoms with citrusy white pine shoots and blue spruce tips. The base is a blend of Gewürtztraminer, Montmorency cherries and crabapples. And a portion of it was aged in a barrel lined with spruce resin and beeswax, for added texture. It's great over ice, mixed with sparkling cider, or with tonic—scroll down for some easy cocktail recipes. What's it like? The aroma starts with hibiscus gummy bears and fresh spruce. The flavor is a mix of orange peel and candied rosemary. The alcohol adds weight to the blend, elevating each of the unique ingredients in the absence of sweetness. Overall The Spot We Dreamt About is citrusy and herbaceous with gentle acidity and a whisper of pine nuts at the very end. After opening, consume within 30 days and keep refrigerated. The aroma starts with hibiscus gummy bears and fresh spruce. The flavor is a mix of orange peel and candied rosemary. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/the-spot-we-dreamt-about-dry-vermouth-510 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Txotx!' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider Apple skin contact cider, golden plums, plum leaves. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/txotx-511 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Vita Méthode Ancestralle' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt Vita is Blaufränkish and Zweigelt spontaneously fermented separately, then co-fermented in bottle with a little apple juice for tight bubbles. Both were direct pressed, but we added Blaufränkish skins back to the juice right after pressing. What's it like? Vita is quite a trip: funky, fruity and floral. The aroma starts with rose stems, fruit tea and blue plums. The first sip is a dynamic combo of pepper, leather and sweet cherry. It finishes with barnyard whiffs and heirloom tomatoes. Tannins aren't over the top, but firmly present. The acid is soft and serene, with a gentle sparkle to pull it all together. Drink now or cellar on its' side. 11% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Grapes, apples. Gluten free. Wild ferment. Zero added sugar. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vita-methode-ancestralle-513 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Waves' (NV)** — NV · Cider Waves starts with gentle cinnamon and sweet plum in the aroma. The flavor is easy, with a touch of acid and a gentle salinity. Spiced Montmorency cherries fill out the soft, floral nature of the plums. A whisper of plum skin tannin gives this rosé-adjacent blend just the right amount of texture. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/waves-520 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Wax On' ()** https://www.d-i.wine/wines/wax-on-514 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Whistling in the Dark Vermouth' (2020)** — 2020 · Vermouth Whistling in the Dark is a red vermouth. Made with a base of apples, cherries, blueberries and De Chaunac wine. The botanicals here are anise hyssop, yarrow, roman wormwood and absinthe wormwood. What's it like? Closer in style to traditional vermouth, Whistling in the Dark is an earthy, botanical treat. Cherry-like De Chaunac and anise hyssop dominate the aroma, while wormwood leaves a lingering bitterness. We're enjoying it chilled and neat, but it's great in negronis too. It's the perfect digestif. 9.8% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Apples, cherries, grapes, blueberries, cane sugar, anise hyssop, yarrow, roman wormwood and absinthe wormwood. Gluten free. Wild ferment. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/whistling-in-the-dark-vermouth-515 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Whistling in the Dark Vermouth' (2021)** — 2021 · Vermouth Whistling in the Dark is a red vermouth. Made with a base of apples, cherries, blueberries and De Chaunac wine. The botanicals here are anise hyssop, yarrow, roman wormwood and absinthe wormwood. What's it like? Closer in style to traditional vermouth, Whistling in the Dark is an earthy, botanical treat. Cherry-like De Chaunac and anise hyssop dominate the aroma, while wormwood leaves a lingering bitterness. We're enjoying it chilled and neat, but it's great in negronis too. It's the perfect digestif. 9.8% ABV | 750mL Ingredients: Apples, cherries, grapes, blueberries, cane sugar, anise hyssop, yarrow, roman wormwood and absinthe wormwood. Gluten free. Wild ferment. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/whistling-in-the-dark-vermouth-516 - ○ **Revel Cider & ibi Wines, 'Willow' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange Ingredients: Seyval Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Bartlett Pears. Gluten free. Wild ferment, zero residual sugar, zero SO2, vegan. 10.1% ABV | 750mL We don't always wait years to release a wine, but with Willow, i'm glad we did. This blend is two years old; from fruit harvested in 2020. We had no idea how special it would become. Willow is a mind-trip. It's a lightly sparkling pét nat (Vinho Verde or Txakoli levels of bubble) so we wrote 'perlant natural' on the label. It's glittery, not fully sparkling. What's it like? Willow drinks somewhere in between Txakoli, Limoncello and Spanish Sidra. The vibe is funky fresh, like a citrus orchard planted by a Basque farmhouse, weathered by decades of salty sea-spray. It has underlying vibes of candied lemon rind in both flavor and aroma. The soft bubbles elevate a unique floral mix: savory citrus flowers and apple blossoms crushed on an orchard floor. It's an incredible blend, and if we could go back in time we would make so much more of it. the vibe is funky fresh, like a citrus orchard planted by a Basque farmhouse, weathered by decades of salty sea-spray. It has underlying vibes of candied lemon rind in both flavor and aroma. The soft bubbles elevate a unique floral mix: savory citrus flowers and apple blossoms crushed on an orchard floor. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/willow-517 --- ## Czech Republic ### Euforia **Location:** Vysočina, Czech Republic **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/euforia Jan Klimeš has created the 0% ABV alternative beverage for the natural wine world. He crafts naturally sparkling soft drinks made with birch sap and encapsulated maceration ingredients including seeds, flowers, berries and more. A gradual process of lactic fermentation after bottling (think pet-nat) creates a naturally carbonated drink. There is no added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. The beverages are unpasteurized and unfiltered. **Wines** (0 in stock, 11 total): - ○ **Euforia, 'Blackcurrant' (2021)** — 2021 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Organic Blackcurrant. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Organic Blackcurrant berries Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/blackcurrant-193 - ○ **Euforia, 'Blackthorn' (2021)** — 2021 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Organic Blackthorn berries. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Organic Blackthorn berries Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/blackthorn-194 - ○ **Euforia, 'Caraway Seeds' (2021)** — 2021 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Organic Caraway Seeds. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Organic Caraway Seeds Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/caraway-seeds-195 - ○ **Euforia, 'Earl Gray' (2021)** — 2021 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Organic Earl Gray. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Organic Earl Gray Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/earl-gray-196 - ○ **Black Currant** — 2021 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/euforia-black-currant-2021-750-ml-x-6 - ○ **Euforia, 'Fir' (2022)** — 2022 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Fir Conifer. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Fir Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fir-198 - ○ **Euforia, 'Incense' (2022)** — 2022 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Organic Incense. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Organic Incense Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/incense-199 - ○ **Euforia, 'Incense' (2021)** — 2021 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Organic Incense. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Organic Incense Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/incense-197 - ○ **Euforia, 'Lilac' (2022)** — 2022 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and Lilac. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Lilac Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/lilac-200 - ○ **Euforia, 'Nestarec Red' (2022)** — 2022 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and red grape skins from Milan Nestarec. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Grape Skins Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/nestarec-red-201 - ○ **Euforia, 'Nestarec White' (2022)** — 2022 · Zero ABV 0% ABV. Naturally sparkling soft drink made with only 2 ingredients: birch sap and white grape skins from Milan Nestarec. A gradual process of lactic fermentation in the bottle creates a naturally carbonated drink. No added water, sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. Unpasteurized and unfiltered. Store and serve between 45 and 60 °F. Shake slightly before serving. Use a strainer when pouring. Best served in a wine glass. Cheers :) Ingredients: Birch Sap, Grape Skins Contains < 10mg/L naturally occurring sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/nestarec-white-202 --- ## France ### Belly Wine Experiment **Location:** Auvergne, France **Founded:** 2019 **Key Varieties:** Gamay d'Auvergne, Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Pinot Gris, Carignan, Riesling, Terret Bourret, Syrah **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/belly-wine-experiment Experimental natural wine collective in Auvergne blending grapes from Catalonia, Alsace, and southern France into boundary-defying cuvées and heirloom perries. **Philosophy:** A creative playground born from deep roots in France's natural wine community. Claire's brother Adrien imports Spanish naturals, while Aimé's father Manu co-founded Domaine de l'Egrappille with Auvergne legend Catherine Dumora. Operating as négociants and aspiring vignerons, they source biodynamic grapes from across France and Catalonia with minimal cellar intervention: spontaneous fermentation, no additions, no SO2. **Wines** (4 in stock, 4 total): - ✓ **Kr Toixa** — 2023 · Orange · Xarel-lo · 10.3% Claire Sage and Aimé Duveau set up Belly Wine Experiment in 2020 in Chanteuges, Haute-Loire, as an open laboratory rather than an estate. Their bottlings deliberately cross borders: Catalan grapes (sourced through Claire's brother Adrien Sage, a longstanding Catalan importer) sit alongside Auvergne fruit from Aimé's father Manu Duveau of Domaine de l'Égrappille. Kr Toixa pulls Xarel-lo from Catalonia, the Auvergne cellar handling élevage. The 10.3% alcohol points to an early pick and a short, focused skin-contact maceration; the result is a low-key orange wine, more textured than tannic, with Xarel-lo's saline almond character intact. Wild ferment, no inputs in the cellar, no added SO2. A useful aperitif bottle for a sommelier wanting something genuinely off-script. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/belly-wine-experiment-kr-toixa-2023 - ✓ **Les Clous et la Poussière** — 2022 · Red · Carignan Syrah · 13.2% Belly Wine Experiment's 'Nails and Dust' started as a Carignan-only bottling and now leans on Carignan paired with Syrah. Vinification is semi-carbonic and the wine is bottled with a light spritz: the lightly sparkling format is intentional and house-style, not a flaw. Claire Sage and Aimé Duveau work without sulfur additions and without fining or filtration. The wine is not aiming for plushness; it is built around angular, stony fruit and a chewy texture, held together by Carignan's natural lift. Drink chilled. A cuvée for buyers comfortable with the rougher edges of the natural-wine register, and one that rewards food rather than analysis. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/belly-wine-experiment-les-clous-et-la-poussiere-2022 - ✓ **Mensonge à Papa** — 2023 · Red · Gamay · 12.5% The 'Lie to Dad' cuvée is a tribute to Aimé Duveau's father, Manu Duveau, the longtime Gamay specialist behind Domaine de l'Égrappille in Auvergne. The blend pulls Gamay d'Auvergne (the dominant share, with characteristic Massif Central acidity) together with Gamay sourced from neighboring Beaujolais growers. Maceration is longer than the other Belly cuvées but kept gentle; the goal is stony, precise fruit rather than extracted weight. 12.5% alcohol, no added SO2, native yeasts. This is the most accessible bottle in the Belly range for restaurant by-the-glass programs that want a Gamay with proper energy and a backstory. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/belly-wine-experiment-mensonge-a-papa-2022 - ✓ **Tchiki Tchiki** — 2022 · White · Sauvignon Blanc · 12% Tchiki Tchiki is one of the rarer monovarietal cuvées in the Belly Wine Experiment range, built around Sauvignon Blanc rather than the producer's signature Catalan-Auvergne blends. Claire Sage and Aimé Duveau work the same way across every bottling: native-yeast fermentation, no inputs in the cellar, no fining or filtration, no added SO2. The 12% alcohol matches the house preference for early picks and restrained extraction. Expect the wine to read more like an Auvergne natural white (stony, savory, brisk) than a textbook Loire Sauvignon, with the variety's overt grass-and-citrus fingerprint intentionally muted by the cellar approach. A short, low-alcohol bottle from a producer whose project is to test the limits of what a single grape can carry. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/belly-wine-experiment-tchiki-tchiki-2022 --- ### Clair Obscur **Location:** Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, France **Founded:** 2006 **Hectares:** 3.5 **Key Varieties:** Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Aligote, Gamay, Pinot Gris **Tags:** biodynamic, demeter **Website:** https://www.lesvinsclairobscur.fr/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/clair-obscur Biodynamic natural wine estate in Corpeau, Burgundy producing vibrant Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Aligote with zero additives from 3.5 hectares across the Cote de Beaune. **Philosophy:** Pierre and Jennifer's production philosophy rests on two convictions: respect for nature through organic and biodynamic viticulture, and respect for wine through the complete absence of oenological products. Whole-cluster fermentation with semi-carbonic maceration, aging 10-18 months in old Burgundian pieces with no fining or filtration. Homeopathic volcanic sulfur keeps total SO2 between 0-20 mg/L. **Wines** (3 in stock, 11 total): - ✓ **Bourgogne Aligoté Meix Pillé** — 2023 · White · Aligoté · 11.5% Pierre and Jennifer Clair started Domaine du Clair Obscur in 2006 in Corpeau, the village just south of Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet on the Côte de Beaune. Pierre learned biodynamics at Domaine de Montille and Marquis d'Angerville before going independent; Jennifer leads the cellar. The Meix Pillé Aligoté is a single-parcel bottling worked organically and biodynamically, like the rest of the 3.5-hectare estate. Direct press, native-yeast fermentation, aging in neutral oak, no fining or filtration; SO2 only at bottling when needed, in small doses. 11.5% alcohol keeps the wine in classic Aligoté territory: high natural acidity, white-flower nose, a saline finish. A useful by-the-glass white for trade buyers looking for proper Burgundy at an Aligoté price point. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/clair-obscur-bourgogne-aligote-meix-pille-2023 - ○ **Le Chat Blanc** — 2022 · White · 100% Chardonnay · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/clair-obscur-le-chat-blanc-2022 - ✓ **Le Chat Blanc** — 2023 · White · 100% Chardonnay · 13.5% Le Chat Blanc is Domaine du Clair Obscur's village-level Bourgogne Blanc, 100% Chardonnay drawn from parcels around the family base in Corpeau (the village immediately south of Chassagne and Puligny). Pierre and Jennifer Clair farm the entire 3.5-hectare estate organically and biodynamically; Pierre trained at Domaine de Montille and Marquis d'Angerville before going independent in 2006. Direct press, native-yeast fermentation in neutral oak, 10 to 12 months on lees with no fining or filtration; SO2 only at bottling, in small doses. The 2023 vintage carries the warmth of the year (13.5%) without losing the cellar's preference for tension over richness. The result is a Côte de Beaune Chardonnay built for the table rather than for accolades, with the saline mineral spine that defines the address. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/clair-obscur-le-chat-blanc-2023 - ○ **Le Voyen** — 2022 · Red · 80% Pinot Noir 20% Gamay · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/clair-obscur-le-voyen-2022 - ○ **Puits de Chaux** — 2022 · Red · 100% Pinot Noir · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/clair-obscur-puits-de-chaux-2022 - ✓ **Puits de Chaux** — 2023 · Red · 100% Pinot Noir · 12.5% Puits de Chaux is Clair Obscur's Hautes Côtes de Beaune Pinot Noir, drawn from a parcel sitting above the main Côte de Beaune slope. Higher elevation means cooler nights, later ripening and a Pinot built on lift rather than weight (12.5% alcohol holds the line). Pierre and Jennifer Clair work the 3.5-hectare estate organically and biodynamically. Reds are vinified whole-cluster in wooden vats, with gentle pigeages and remontages over 10 to 14 days, then aged 12 to 18 months in used barrels. No fining, no filtration, minimal SO2. The wine reads as proper Hautes Côtes: red-fruited, savory, structured around acid and stem rather than oak. A useful natural-leaning entry into village-quality Burgundy for trade accounts. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/clair-obscur-puits-de-chaux-2023 - ○ **Clair Obscur, 'Freemousse Rose' (2022)** — 2022 · Rose · Gamay · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/freemousse-rose-53 - ○ **Clair Obscur, 'Le Chat Blanc' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Chardonnay · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-chat-blanc-54 - ○ **Clair Obscur, 'Le Voyen' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pinot Noir, Gamay · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-voyen-55 - ○ **Clair Obscur, 'Meix Pillé' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Aligoté · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/meix-pille-56 - ○ **Clair Obscur, 'Puits de Chaux' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pinot Noir · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/puits-de-chaux-57 --- ### Closerie de Belle Poule **Location:** Loire, France **Founded:** 2001 **Key Varieties:** Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/closerie-de-belle-poule Natural wine domaine in Anjou, Loire Valley, where Sebastien Gandubert crafts additive-free, biodynamically farmed Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc from old vines on schist soils. **Philosophy:** Sebastien Gandubert is committed to producing wines that are entirely free of additives. All wines are spontaneously fermented using native yeasts, aged in neutral barrels, and bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no added SO2. The approach is radically non-interventionist — letting the fruit and terroir express themselves without manipulation. His mentor Patrick Desplats (of Domaine des Griottes in nearby Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay) taught him much of what he knows about farming and winemaking. This mentorship shaped his deep commitment to organic and biodynamic viticulture, working the schistous terroirs of Anjou with respect for the land. Gandubert's wines frequently undergo extended macerations — his orange Chenin Blanc 'Les Eaux Bonnes' sees two months of skin contact before pressing, while his reds also macerate for extended periods. The slow, patient pressing of whites (sometimes over several days) and long barrel aging of around 12 months reflect a philosophy of giving wine the time it needs. **Wines** (0 in stock, 5 total): - ○ **Closerie de Belle Poule, 'La Caille' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Chenin Blanc · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-caille-58 - ○ **Closerie de Belle Poule, 'La Poule' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Cabernet Franc · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-poule-60 - ○ **Closerie de Belle Poule, 'Les Brins de Foux' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Chenin · 9.8% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/les-brins-de-foux-61 - ○ **Closerie de Belle Poule, 'Les Eaux Bonnes' (2019)** — 2019 · Orange · Chenin · 9% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/les-eaux-bonnes-62 - ○ **Closerie de Belle Poule, 'Les Poussins' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/les-poussins-59 --- ### Domaine Brand et Fils **Location:** Alsace, France **Founded:** 1956 **Hectares:** 10 **Key Varieties:** Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Muscat, Sylvaner, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Gamay **Tags:** biodynamic, demeter **Website:** https://www.domainebrand.fr **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-brand-et-fils Third-generation biodynamic estate in Ergersheim, Alsace. Founded 1956 by Lucien Brand, now led by Philippe Brand. Certified organic since 2001, Demeter biodynamic since 2015. Ten hectares on clay-limestone soils of the Couronne d'Or. Produces the full range of Alsatian varieties plus a zero-SO2 natural line called Apollinaire (AVN/SAINS certified). Known for expressive skin-contact wines, kvevri fermentations, and the solera-method La Chimere Riesling. Regular participant at RAW WINE fairs internationally. **Philosophy:** Philippe Brand practices a deep commitment to living wines and living soils. Certified organic since 2001 and Demeter biodynamic since 2015, the domaine embraces manual labor and traditional peasant farming—plowing by horse, hand-harvesting, and nurturing biodiversity. In the cellar, Philippe follows the SAINS philosophy: nothing added, nothing removed. Fermentation is spontaneous with indigenous yeasts, and the wines are neither fined nor filtered, with no SO2 added. **Wines** (1 in stock, 12 total): - ○ **Flèche Saignante** — 2019 · White · 50% Pinot Blanc 40% Pinot Gris 10% Pinot Noir · 13% Domaine Brand & Fils farms 10 hectares around Ergersheim in the Bas-Rhin, certified organic since 2001 and Demeter biodynamic since 2015. Philippe Brand joined his father Lucien in 2006 and pushed the estate toward natural-wine practice: indigenous yeasts, no fining or filtration, no added SO2, horse-plowed parcels, hand harvest. Flèche Saignante is the family's three-Pinot blend, combining Pinot Blanc (50%) for structure, Pinot Gris (40%) for texture and Pinot Noir (10%) co-vinified with the white grapes for a saignée-style color pull. The 2019 vintage carries warmth (13%) without losing the saline drive that defines Bas-Rhin clay-limestone. A useful Alsace white for accounts that want something farther down the natural spectrum than the textbook regional reference. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-brand-et-fils-fleche-saignante-2019 - ✓ **Fleur Maceration** — 2022 · White · 100% Pinot Gris · 13.5% Fleur Macération is Domaine Brand & Fils' single-variety orange Pinot Gris, a skin-contact bottling worked the same way as everything in the cellar: indigenous yeasts, no added SO2, no fining, no filtration. Philippe Brand farms 10 hectares around Ergersheim (Bas-Rhin) under Demeter biodynamic certification, with horse-plow used on the steeper parcels. Pinot Gris on skins gives a wine with quiet tannin, copper color and a savory, almost nutty register that the variety does not deliver in conventional white form. 13.5% alcohol, classic Alsace clay-limestone backbone. A go-to for trade accounts looking for natural-wine credibility plus food-friendliness in the same bottle. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-brand-et-fils-fleur-maceration-2022 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'Flèche Saignante' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fleche-saignante-105 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'Fleur Maceration' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Pinot Gris · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fleur-maceration-110 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'La Fleur au Fusil' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Riesling, Sylvaner, Muscat https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-fleur-au-fusil-106 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'La Mandoline' (NV)** — NV · White · Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Muscat, Sylvaner, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-mandoline-113 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'L'Oeillet Le Litre' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Pinot Blanc https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-oeillet-le-litre-109 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'L'Oiseau et le bouquet ' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Muscat · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-oiseau-et-le-bouquet-112 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'Retenez Son Nom' (NV)** — NV · White · Sylvaner · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/retenez-son-nom-114 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'Retenez Son Nom Sous Voile' (2015)** — 2015 · White · Sylvaner https://www.d-i.wine/wines/retenez-son-nom-sous-voile-107 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'Tout Terriblement Maceration' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Gewurztraminer · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tout-terriblement-maceration-111 - ○ **Domaine Brand et Fils, 'Tout Terriblement Macération' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Gewurztraminer https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tout-terriblement-maceration-108 --- ### Domaine De La Gapette **Location:** Beaujolais-Villages, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-de-la-gapette Vincent Blondin is leading a new wave of young producers in Beaujolais. His old vines lay just outside of the invisible border that defines the Brouilly appellation. He grows Gamay of course, and a tiny amount of chardonnay.  The wines are light, bright, and full of energy. Pur Jus. You can taste the influence of past and current natural Beaujolais masters, but you get the sense that Vincent is pushing toward something new and exciting. He's also one of the nicest guys we've met, and he has a very cute dog. **Wines** (0 in stock, 1 total): - ○ **Domaine De La Gapette, 'Charpenay' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Gamay Beautifully bright and fresh. True vin de soif, young beaujolais at its best. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/charpenay-115 --- ### Domaine de l'Alezan **Location:** Ardèche, France **Founded:** 2013 **Hectares:** 2.5 **Key Varieties:** Marsanne, Roussanne, Syrah, Albariño, Pinot Noir, Savagnin **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-de-l-alezan Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's Domaine de l'Alezan is a 2.5-hectare natural wine estate in the Northern Ardèche, along the steep Doux Valley. Founded in 2013, the domaine is named after the chestnut coat of their two Comtois draft mares who work the vines. All farming is organic and done by hand or on horseback — no tractors, no chemicals. Wines are made with zero inputs, zero SO2, aged in old wood and Spanish tinajas. **Philosophy:** Patricia and Rémi practice fully natural viticulture and winemaking with zero compromise. No pesticides, no synthetic treatments, no oenological inputs, no SO2 — ever. In the cellar: native yeast fermentation, no fining, no filtration, no additives. Wines age in old wood, demi-muids, ancient foudres, and Spanish tinajas. **Wines** (6 in stock, 8 total): - ○ **L'Alezan Ikigai** — 2024 · White · Marsanne Roussanne · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-alezan-ikigai-2024 - ✓ **L'Alezan (Patricia et Remi Bonneton) Métisse** — 2023 · Red · 13.5% Patricia and Rémi Bonneton started Domaine de l'Alezan in 2012 in northern Ardèche, after Rémi's earlier career as a horse-traction provider gave him intimate knowledge of the vineyards he eventually came to own. The estate now runs around 2.5 hectares organically, on three distinct terroirs (loess and granite for Marsanne-Roussanne, granite for Syrah, clay-granite for the other parcels). Métisse ('Mixed-blood') is a multi-grape estate red built around the Bonnetons' own holdings. Whole-bunch maceration, partial hand-crushing, hand-stirring of the tank to homogenize temperature, native-yeast fermentation, no chemical additives, no added SO2, no fining or filtration. 13.5% alcohol. A Northern Rhône natural red for accounts that want a producer story (animal traction, organic, uncompromising cellar) plus genuine drinkability. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-alezan-patricia-et-remi-bonneton-metisse-2023 - ✓ **L'Alezan (Patricia et Remi Bonneton) Potion** — 2022 · Red · Carignan Grenache Syrah · 13% Potion is one of L'Alezan's southern-Ardèche-leaning blends from Patricia and Rémi Bonneton, combining Carignan, Grenache and Syrah from their organically farmed plots. The Bonnetons' 2.5-hectare estate sits across three terroirs in northern Ardèche (loess and granite for the whites, granite for Syrah, clay-granite for the Mediterranean reds). Vinification is the house standard: whole-bunch maceration, partial hand-crushing, hand-stirring of the tank, native-yeast fermentation, no chemical additives, no added SO2, no fining or filtration. The 2022 vintage carries 13% alcohol, restrained for a southern-feeling blend in a warm year. Garrigue, dark berry, peppery, with the granite spine that distinguishes Ardèche from Languedoc proper. A useful natural-wine red for accounts comfortable with a slightly wilder edge. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-alezan-patricia-et-remi-bonneton-potion-2022 - ○ **L'Alezan (Patricia et Remi Bonneton) Résilience** — 2022 · Red · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-alezan-patricia-et-remi-bonneton-resilience-2022 - ✓ **La Tangente (BONNETON) HOOPONOPONO** — 2023 · Orange · Viognier Marsanne Roussanne · 12.5% La Tangente is the négociant arm Patricia and Rémi Bonneton launched in 2017 to extend their natural-wine practice beyond the 2.5 estate hectares they already farm in northern Ardèche: they buy organic fruit from like-minded growers, harvest the parcels themselves and vinify the wine at their own cellar. HOOPONOPONO is the white-grape orange in the range, a co-fermentation of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne on skins. Whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added SO2, no fining or filtration. The Hawaiian-derived name (a forgiveness practice) is in keeping with the project's ethos. 12.5% alcohol. A skin-contact white for accounts wanting Northern Rhône grapes treated as orange wine without losing varietal lift. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-tangente-bonneton-hooponopono-2023 - ✓ **La Tangente (BONNETON) Merci** — 2023 · White · Syrah Marsanne · 12% Merci is the Syrah-Marsanne white in Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's La Tangente négociant range, sourced from organic growers across northern Ardèche and co-fermented (Syrah is vinified directly with Marsanne for a saignée-style color pull rather than as a finished red). La Tangente, founded in 2017, complements the Bonnetons' L'Alezan estate and follows the same uncompromising cellar protocol: whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added SO2, no fining or filtration. 12% alcohol. The 2023 reads as a brisk, light-colored, food-friendly white with quiet stone-fruit and the granite-mineral pull that defines the Bonnetons' Northern Rhône register. Useful as a by-the-glass natural pour for restaurants wanting something genuinely non-textbook. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-tangente-bonneton-merci-2023 - ✓ **La Tangente (BONNETON) Mosaique** — 2024 · Red · Syrah Viognier · 12% Mosaique is one of the Syrah-Viognier reds in Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's La Tangente négociant range, the project they launched in 2017 to extend their natural-wine practice beyond their own 2.5 estate hectares in northern Ardèche. Syrah and Viognier co-fermented is the historic Côte-Rôtie pairing (a small Viognier addition softens Syrah's tannin and lifts the aromatics); Mosaique brings that template into the natural-wine register. Sourcing comes from organic growers across the Bonnetons' network. Cellar protocol holds: whole-bunch maceration, native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added SO2, no fining or filtration. 12% alcohol on the 2024 release is restrained for a Northern Rhône red, in keeping with the cellar's preference for lift over weight. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-tangente-bonneton-mosaique-2024 - ✓ **La Tangente (BONNETON) Petit Prince** — 2023 · Red · Carignan Cinsault Grenache · 13% Petit Prince is one of the southern-leaning blends in Patricia and Rémi Bonneton's La Tangente négociant range, combining Carignan, Cinsault and Grenache from organic growers across Gard, Vaucluse and southern Ardèche. The vinification is unusually deliberate for a négoce wine: Cinsault and Carignan undergo whole-bunch maceration for around 10 days before being blended with gently-extracted Grenache, then aged 7 months in steel and 10 months in old foudre. Cellar protocol holds: native yeasts, no chemical additives, no added SO2, no fining or filtration. 13% alcohol; the wine reads in three phases (initial freshness, riper raisinated mid-palate, tertiary barrel character) and offers genuine structure for a négoce bottling. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-tangente-bonneton-petit-prince-2023 --- ### Domaine Goepp **Location:** Alsace, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-goepp The future of Alsatian wine is bright, and the Goepp brothers are at the forefront. **Wines** (0 in stock, 19 total): - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Affenberg' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Pinot Gris https://www.d-i.wine/wines/affenberg-120 - ○ **Le Farouche** — 2023 · Red · 100% Pinot Noir · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-goepp-le-farouche-2023 - ○ **Le Farouche** — 2024 · Red · 100% Pinot Noir · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-goepp-le-farouche-2024 - ○ **Le Ptit Blanc** — 2023 · White · 50% Riesling 30% Silvaner 20% Auxerrois · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-goepp-le-ptit-blanc-2023 - ○ **Le Ptit Blanc** — 2024 · White · 50% Riesling 30% Silvaner 20% Auxerrois · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-goepp-le-ptit-blanc-2024 - ○ **L'Impatient** — 2023 · Orange · 100% Gewurztraminer · 13.5% L'Impatient is brothers Clement and Sylvain Goepp's natural-leaning orange Gewurztraminer, drawn from limestone plots on the Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr. The Goepp family domain dates to 1950 and was certified organic in 2020. Vines run 30 to 60 years old across Barr, Bernardswiller and Heiligenstein. L'Impatient is whole-bunch macerated for around seven days, fermented with native yeasts and bottled with no added SO2. The skin contact tames Gewurztraminer's overt lychee-floral register and pulls the grape toward salinity, dried herb and white pepper instead. 13.5% alcohol, classic Alsace Grand Cru limestone backbone. A useful trade by-the-glass orange wine that delivers Grand Cru terroir at an unconventional price point. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-goepp-l-impatient-2023 - ○ **L'Impatient** — 2024 · Orange · 100% Gewurztraminer · 13.5% L'Impatient is brothers Clement and Sylvain Goepp's natural-leaning orange Gewurztraminer, drawn from limestone plots on the Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr. The Goepp family domain dates to 1950 and was certified organic in 2020. Vines run 30 to 60 years old across Barr, Bernardswiller and Heiligenstein. L'Impatient is whole-bunch macerated for around seven days, fermented with native yeasts and bottled with no added SO2. The skin contact tames Gewurztraminer's overt lychee-floral register and pulls the grape toward salinity, dried herb and white pepper instead. 13.5% alcohol, classic Alsace Grand Cru limestone backbone. A useful trade by-the-glass orange wine that delivers Grand Cru terroir at an unconventional price point. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-goepp-l-impatient-2024 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Gewurztraminer KEG' (2023)** — 2023 · Orange · Gewurztraminer · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gewurztraminer-keg-129 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Riesling https://www.d-i.wine/wines/grand-cru-kirchberg-de-barr-121 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Riesling · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/grand-cru-kirchberg-de-barr-126 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Impatient ' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Gewurztraminer https://www.d-i.wine/wines/impatient-122 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'La Fine Bulle' (2023)** — 2023 · White · Muscat, Pinot Blanc · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-fine-bulle-130 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Le Farouche' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pinot Noir · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-farouche-128 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Le Farouche' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Pinot Noir · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-farouche-131 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Le Frénétique' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Sylvaner 7 days whole bunch maceration before pressing https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-frenetique-123 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Le Ptit Blanc' (2023)** — 2023 · White · Riesling, Sylvaner, Auxerrois · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-ptit-blanc-132 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'L'impatient' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Gewurztraminer · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-impatient-127 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'L'UniK' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Savagnin Rose · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-unik-125 - ○ **Domaine Goepp, 'Riesling' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Riesling https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-124 --- ### Hubert et Heidi Hausherr **Location:** Alsace, Eguisheim, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/hubert-et-heidi-hausherr Hubert and Heidi Hausherr live and work in the picturesque village of Eguisheim in Alsace, France. 40 years ago, Hubert helped his father plant their family’s 3.9 hectares of vineyards on the sloped foothills of the Vosges Mountains. Since Hubert took over all of the vineyards have been converted to organic or biodynamic agriculture. They make wines without additives, completely by hand, except for the help of their trusty horse skippy. These wines are pure expressions of Alsatian terroir. Elegant, and generous, but a little rough around the edges, just the way we like. **Wines** (0 in stock, 8 total): - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Alsace Rouge Optique' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Pinot Noir Hubert’s grandfather created the domaine in 1950 preceding the rise of the agribusiness and chemical lobbying. By the time Hubert took over from his father in 1999, the family vineyards were farmed conventionally and grapes were sold to Eguisheim’s cooperative. Following their nose and motivated by a strong desire to reconnect with ‘le monde du vivant’, Hubert and Heidi converted the domaine to organic with a certification in 2006. Influenced by the late Pierre Masson (world expert in biodynamics) and vigneron extraordinaire Patrick Meyer, Hubert pushed to the next level: the 3.9ha are now biodynamic certified, co-planted with different native varieties and farmed with the help of two friendly horses Douce and Skippy. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/alsace-rouge-optique-262 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Boisson Rouge Bubulle' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay Natural sparkling red wine (sugars 2.5 g / l) Gamay 100% vinified in stainless steel vats and bottled unfiltered and sulfite-free A 5-day maceration gave this wine a beautiful cloudy pink color and bright fruity notes https://www.d-i.wine/wines/boisson-rouge-bubulle-263 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Copines des Copains' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, https://www.d-i.wine/wines/copines-des-copains-268 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Gloubi Bull'ga' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir Hubert’s grandfather created the domaine in 1950 preceding the rise of the agribusiness and chemical lobbying. By the time Hubert took over from his father in 1999, the family vineyards were farmed conventionally and grapes were sold to Eguisheim’s cooperative. Following their nose and motivated by a strong desire to reconnect with ‘le monde du vivant’, Hubert and Heidi converted the domaine to organic with a certification in 2006. Influenced by the late Pierre Masson (world expert in biodynamics) and vigneron extraordinaire Patrick Meyer, Hubert pushed to the next level: the 3.9ha are now biodynamic certified, co-planted with different native varieties and farmed with the help of two friendly horses Douce and Skippy. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gloubi-bull-ga-264 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Les Copines des Copains' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Chasselas and Sylvaner Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Chasselas and Sylvaner grapes, maceration on skins for 25 days, spontaneous fermentation in steel tank, aging 6 months in steel tanks. zero/zero. a deliciously fun, and crowd-pleasing skin-contact wine https://www.d-i.wine/wines/les-copines-des-copains-267 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Le sentier au Sud' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Riesling, Pinot Gris 55% Riesling 45% pinot gris co-fermented and vinified in barrels and bottled unfiltered with no added SO2 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-sentier-au-sud-266 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Le Sentier au Sud' (2018)** — 2018 · White · Riesling, Pinot Gris Hubert and Heidi Hausherr live and work in the picturesque village of Eguisheim in Alsace, France. 40 years ago, Hubert helped his father plant their family’s 3.9 hectares of vineyards on the sloped foothills of the Vosges Mountains. Since Hubert took over all of the vineyards have been converted to organic or biodynamic agriculture. They make wines without additives, completely by hand, except for the help of their trusty horse skippy. These wines are pure expressions of Alsatian terroir. Elegant, and generous, but a little rough around the edges, just the way we like. Pet Nat 64% Riesling, 36% Pinot Gris unfined, unfiltered, no added SO2 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-sentier-au-sud-265 - ○ **Hubert et Heidi Hausherr, 'Sentier Au sud' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Riesling, Pinot Gris https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sentier-au-sud-269 --- ### La Grange de Noue Mea **Location:** Loire, Anjou, France **Founded:** 2014 **Hectares:** 5.8 **Key Varieties:** Chenin Blanc, Grolleau, Cabernet Franc **Tags:** biodynamic **Website:** https://www.lagrangedenouemea.fr **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/la-grange-de-noue-mea La Grange de Noue Méa is a family domaine in Saint-Georges-sur-Layon in the Anjou, Loire Valley, run by vigneron Hervé Bossé and fleuriste Marie Percevault since 2014. Their 5.8 hectares of Chenin Blanc, Grolleau, and Cabernet Franc are farmed organically with biodynamic practices, producing natural wines with minimal intervention—whites, rosés, reds, pétillants naturels, and grape juice. **Philosophy:** Hervé describes himself as an artisan vigneron who accompanies the vines, wines, and fruit juices throughout their evolution rather than imposing his will upon them. The guiding principle is minimal intervention—"faire le moins d'interventions possibles pour respecter le raisin au maximum." This means organic certification with biodynamic accompaniment in the vineyard, and in the cellar, no synthetic products—only minimal SO2 and selective filtration. Wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered with no additional SO2. **Wines** (3 in stock, 8 total): - ○ **La Grange de Noue Mea, 'Chnain' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Chenin · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chnain-305 - ○ **La Grange de Noue Mea, 'Désabulle-moi Rosé' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Grolleau, Cabernet Franc · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/desabulle-moi-rose-306 - ○ **La Grange de Noue Mea, 'Kameamea' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Grolleau · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/kameamea-307 - ✓ **Choucab** — 2023 · Red · Cabernet Franc · 12% Marie Percevault and Hervé Bossé started La Grange de Noue Mea in 2014 in the southern Côteaux du Layon (Anjou, Loire), now farming around six hectares organically. The estate's whites are Chenin-driven; the reds work mostly with Cabernet Franc and Grolleau. Choucab is a 100% Cabernet Franc bottling, vinified spontaneously, aged in fibreglass tank, bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added SO2. The sandy-clay soils of the southern Layon push the variety toward the lighter, brighter end of the Loire Cab Franc register: red-fruited, peppery, low in tannin, built to drink chilled and young. 12% alcohol. A useful natural-leaning Loire red for trade accounts wanting Anjou Cab Franc that drinks easy without losing structure. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-grange-de-noue-mea-choucab-2023 - ✓ **Patriste** — 2019 · Red · Cabernet Franc · 13% Patriste is one of La Grange de Noue Mea's serious Cabernet Franc bottlings, drawn from Marie Percevault and Hervé Bossé's organic plots in the southern Côteaux du Layon (Anjou). The 2019 vintage carries 13% alcohol, on the warmer side for the cellar but well within Loire range. Whole-bunch maceration, native-yeast fermentation, no added SO2, no fining, no filtration; aging in fibreglass tank to keep oak influence at zero. Cabernet Franc on Anjou's sandy-clay soils, worked this way, gives a wine more focused on aromatic detail than tannic weight. Red-fruited, ferrous, savory, with the variety's unmistakable green-pepper signature kept in proper balance. A natural-wine Cab Franc for accounts that want Loire authenticity at restaurant-list-friendly weight. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-grange-de-noue-mea-patriste-2019 - ✓ **Tout Simplement Blanc** — 2024 · White · Chenin Blanc · 12% Tout Simplement Blanc is the entry-level Chenin Blanc from Marie Percevault and Hervé Bossé's 6-hectare organic estate in the southern Côteaux du Layon (Anjou). The cuvée is exactly what the name promises: a Chenin without artifice, vinified with native yeasts, no fining, no filtration, no added SO2, aged in fibreglass tank to keep oak out of the picture entirely. The 2024 release sits at 12% alcohol; a brighter, leaner vintage profile than the warmer recent Loire years. Sandy-clay soils of the southern Layon push the wine toward citrus, beeswax and salinity rather than the orchard-fruit weight that defines drier or warmer years. A Chenin Blanc for trade accounts that want a true Anjou expression without paying single-vineyard prices. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-grange-de-noue-mea-tout-simplement-blanc-2024 - ○ **La Grange de Noue Mea, 'Tout Simplement Blanc ' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Chenin · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tout-simplement-blanc-308 - ○ **La Grange de Noue Mea, 'Tout Simplement Rouge' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Cabernet Franc, Grolleau · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tout-simplement-rouge-309 --- ### La Voluta **Location:** Languedoc, Hautes Corbières, France **Founded:** 2014 **Hectares:** 6.5 **Key Varieties:** Grenache Noir (old vines), Carignan, Syrah, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Macabeu **Tags:** biodynamic, demeter, biodyvin **Website:** https://lavoluta.net/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/la-voluta Nomadic winemakers in the Hautes Corbières crafting unrepeatable, one-of-a-kind cuvées from 6.5 hectares of rugged hillside vines between Cucugnan and Maury — living, healthy, and free wines born from experimentation and emotion. **Philosophy:** Nous voulons des vins vivants, sains, et libres — We want living, healthy, and free wines. La Voluta questions each intervention for its necessity and impact on the living. Each cuvée gives freedom to create something new, driven by goûts, intentions et émotions — flavors, intentions, and emotions. No rules apply. **Wines** (3 in stock, 9 total): - ○ **La Voluta, 'Bambolina' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Carignan, Grenache · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bambolina-315 - ○ **La Voluta, 'Boreal' (2018)** — 2018 · Red · Grenache, Carignan Long maceration and oxidative aging in 500 and 300L barrels https://www.d-i.wine/wines/boreal-312 - ✓ **La Voluta Karaka** — 2022 · Red · Grenache · 14% Anna Rubio and Jean-Benoît Vivequain met in New Zealand learning winemaking and now run La Voluta on 6.5 hectares of organic-farmed vines in Cucugnan, in the Hautes Corbières under the ruins of Quéribus Castle. The cellar is uncompromising: each cuvée is made only once and never repeated, hand-harvested grapes are whole-cluster fermented for short macerations of 3 to 5 days, native yeasts only, and no SO2 are added at any stage. Karaka is the cellar's Grenache bottling. The 14% alcohol on the 2022 release is in line with what old Grenache vines deliver in the Hautes Corbières limestone hills; expect a dark-fruited, savory, peppery Grenache with the Voluta cellar's signature lift rather than weight. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-voluta-karaka-2022 - ✓ **La Voluta Kuntur** — 2024 · Rose · Muscat Marselan · 12.5% Kuntur is one of La Voluta's whites, a Muscat-Marselan blend from Anna Rubio and Jean-Benoît Vivequain's 6.5-hectare organic estate in Cucugnan, under the ruins of Quéribus Castle in the Hautes Corbières. Marselan (a Cabernet Sauvignon × Grenache cross developed in 1961) is unusual as a white-style component; the pair's house principle is that each cuvée is made only once and never repeated, which licenses experiments like this. Hand harvest, whole-cluster fermentation, short maceration of 3 to 5 days, native yeasts only, no added SO2 at any stage. 12.5% alcohol; expect aromatic Muscat lift balanced by Marselan's quieter structural backbone, the whole pulled into salinity by the Hautes Corbières limestone substrate. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-voluta-kuntur-2024 - ✓ **La Voluta Tembo** — 2023 · Red · Grenache Carignan · 13.5% Tembo is La Voluta's Grenache-Carignan red, the canonical Hautes Corbières pairing brought into Anna Rubio and Jean-Benoît Vivequain's strict natural-wine register. The pair farm 6.5 hectares organically in Cucugnan under the ruins of Quéribus Castle. Cellar protocol holds: hand harvest, whole-cluster fermentation, short maceration of 3 to 5 days, native yeasts only, no added SO2 at any stage. The house principle is that each cuvée is made only once and never repeated, so the Tembo bottling will not return in the same form. 13.5% alcohol; expect the southern-Languedoc weight that Grenache and Carignan naturally provide, lifted by Voluta's short-maceration cellar approach and the limestone substrate that defines the Hautes Corbières hills. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-voluta-tembo-2023 - ○ **La Voluta, 'Lumen' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Grenache Noir, Syrah, Carignan Blend of 6 months maceration of Grenache and Syrah 2021 and 5-8 days maceration of Grenache and Carignan 2021 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/lumen-313 - ○ **La Voluta, 'Marama' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Syrah, Carignan, Grenache Noir Very short maceration (2hrs) of Syrah, Grenache Carignan 2020 blended with a direct press of Syrah 2021 and 8 days maceration of Grenache 2021 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/marama-314 - ○ **La Voluta, 'Mimmo' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Carignan, Grenache, Syrah · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mimmo-316 - ○ **La Voluta, 'Shiraaz' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Syrah · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/shiraaz-317 --- ### Le Bois Dieu **Location:** Auvergne, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/le-bois-dieu Le Bois Dieu, “The God of Wood”, was established in 2015 by Salma Cassam Chenaï and Frédéric Thiry, two Swiss nationals who moved to the commune of Semur-en-Brionnais, an hour west of Macon on the eastern side of the Loire River. They acquired a few acres of old vines lost in the middle of vast dairy pastures: rare descendants to a vineyard that covered nearly 4,000 hectares before being devastated by phylloxera. The wines of Le Bois Dieu are spectacular: harmonious reds with subtlety and finesse and powerful whites with extended aging. For their red wines, Salma and Frederic focus on delicate and light extraction methods, avoiding punch-downs and pump-overs altogether. Fermentations and élevage take place in stainless steel, foudre and amphora, depending on the cuveé. For the white wines, Chardonnay is harvested when fully ripe and aged for a long time, up to two years in used oak barrels for cuvées like L’or du Soir. Pro **Wines** (0 in stock, 13 total): - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Ab Initio' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Gamay Semi-carbonic of old and young gamay vines from Leynes. 8 months aging in foudre. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ab-initio-318 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Ce matin là sera l’aube première MAGNUM' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ce-matin-la-sera-l-aube-premiere-magnum-322 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Demain, dès l’aube' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Carignan · 13% 100% Carignan Noir https://www.d-i.wine/wines/demain-des-l-aube-323 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Festina Lente' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Gamay · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/festina-lente-324 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'In Silvae Umbra' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Mourvedre · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/in-silvae-umbra-325 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'L'eau, le Vent, la Lumiere' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Chardonnay · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-eau-le-vent-la-lumiere-326 - ○ **L’eau, le vent, la lumière** — 2022 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-bois-dieu-l-eau-le-vent-la-lumiere-2022-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Les Bienveillantes' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay · 13% 15 days semi-carbonic maceration of old vines of Gamay planted in 1939. 9 months aging in stainless steel. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/les-bienveillantes-329 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Les Bienveillantes MAGNUM' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay 15 days semi-carbonic maceration of old vines of Gamay planted in 1939. 9 months aging in stainless steel. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/les-bienveillantes-magnum-319 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'L'Or du Soir' (2019)** — 2019 · Orange · Chardonnay · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-or-du-soir-327 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'L'Or du Soir MAGNUM' (2019)** — 2019 · Orange · Chardonnay · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-or-du-soir-magnum-328 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Non-Bis In Idem' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay Young and old vines from Leynes https://www.d-i.wine/wines/non-bis-in-idem-320 - ○ **Le Bois Dieu, 'Non-Bis In Idem MAGNUM' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay Young and old vines from Leynes https://www.d-i.wine/wines/non-bis-in-idem-magnum-321 --- ### L’Egrappille **Location:** Auvergne, France **Founded:** 2012 **Hectares:** 2.5 **Key Varieties:** Gamay (Vieux Gamay d'Auvergne, vines 80–100 years old), Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon **Tags:** biodynamic, biodyvin **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/l-egrappille L’Egrappille is the natural wine domaine of Catherine Dumora in Lamontgie, Auvergne. A former anthropologist, Catherine founded the estate in 2012 near Clermont-Ferrand before relocating south of Issoire in 2019. Working 2.5 hectares of old-vine Gamay, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir across steep volcanic slopes of granite, schist, quartz, and basalt at 300–500m elevation, she produces zero-SO2 wines fermented in sandstone jars. Certified organic (AB), biodynamic (Demeter), and S.A.I.N.S., with parcels partially worked by horse. **Philosophy:** Catherine produces wines that are 100% grape juice, naturally fermented without any additives or sulfites. Her approach is rooted in respect for biodiversity and all living beings, with parcels surrounded by forests teeming with wildlife. In the cellar, sandstone jars take pride of place. Catherine constantly experiments with new techniques and multiple harvests, trusting in natural fermentation to create wines of remarkable purity that express volcanic mineral character. **Wines** (5 in stock, 7 total): - ○ **Cri** — 2022 · White · Colombard Sauvignon Blanc Macabeo Gamay · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-cri-2022 - ✓ **Guri** — 2022 · Red · Gamay · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-guri-2022 - ✓ **KALI** — 2020 · Red · Chardonnay Pinot Noir · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-kali-2022 - ✓ **RTI** — 2022 · White · Sauvignon Blanc · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-rti-2022 - ✓ **RUJA** — 2021 · Red · Grenache Noir · 14.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-ruja-2022 - ✓ **SRAB** — 2022 · Red · Gamay Grenache · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-srab-2022 - ○ **Zidu** — 2022 · Red · Syrah · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/egrappille-zidu-2022 --- ### Le Nadir **Location:** Loire, Saumur, France **Founded:** 2020 **Key Varieties:** Chenin Blanc, Grolleau Noir, Cabernet Franc **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/le-nadir Le Nadir is a micro-domaine in the south-Saumurois of the Loire Valley, where former graphic designer Fabien Perréard crafts zero-addition, spontaneously fermented Chenin Blanc and Grolleau from 2 organic hectares across two distinct terroirs in Forges and Brossay. **Philosophy:** Fabien's approach is rooted in radical minimal intervention. All vineyard work is done by hand, and he makes no additions whatsoever — no SO2, no fining, no filtration. Wines ferment spontaneously and age in old barrels and tanks, resulting in distinctive low-alcohol wines of high tension that express their terroirs with purity. **Wines** (2 in stock, 7 total): - ○ **Le Nadir, 'la dime d'Artémis' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Chenin · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-dime-d-artemis-330 - ○ **Le Nadir, 'la nuit, le silence' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grolleau · 10.7% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/la-nuit-le-silence-331 - ✓ **L'Amant** — 2023 · White · Chenin Blanc · 10% Fabien Perréard founded Le Nadir in 2019 in Saumur, Loire, after working two harvests with Jean-Pierre Chevallier, Matthieu Vallée and Aymeric Hillaire. The estate is small (1.7 hectares of organic-farmed old vines) and the cellar is uncompromisingly low-intervention: native-yeast fermentation, no filtration, little to no added SO2. L'Amant is a Chenin Blanc bottling, drawn from old vines on Saumur's tuffeau (chalky limestone) substrate. The 10% alcohol on the 2023 release points to a deliberate early pick, an emerging house signature: brisk, lithe, savory Chenin rather than the orchard-fruit weight of warmer-vintage Loire whites. Useful as a by-the-glass natural Chenin for trade accounts that want freshness over richness. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-nadir-l-amant-2023 - ✓ **Nomade** — 2022 · Red · Cabernet Franc · 10.5% Nomade is one of Le Nadir's red bottlings, Cabernet Franc from Fabien Perréard's organic-farmed old vines around Saumur. Perréard founded the estate in 2019 after training with Jean-Pierre Chevallier, Matthieu Vallée and Aymeric Hillaire. The cellar follows the natural template: hand harvest, native-yeast fermentation, no fining, no filtration, little to no added SO2. Saumur tuffeau (chalky limestone) is what distinguishes Cab Franc grown around the city from the heavier Anjou expressions further west; the limestone pulls the variety toward red fruit, salinity and a chalky tannin profile rather than green pepper or extracted weight. 10.5% alcohol; an unusually light, drink-now register that rewards a chill. A serious natural Cab Franc for trade accounts wanting Loire authenticity. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-nadir-nomade-2023 - ○ **Novembre 2020 3** — 2020 · Red · 10.3% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-nadir-novembre-2020-3 - ○ **Plotzlich** — 2022 · White · Chenin Blanc · 7.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-nadir-plotzlich-2022 - ○ **Le Nadir, 'novembre' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Grolleau · 10.3% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/novembre-332 --- ### Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin) **Location:** Jura, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/le-nez-de-goth-olivier-boulin Born and raised in the Jura , Olivier Boulin is a philosopher turned “neo-negoce”, making wine as Le Nez de Goth. We me Olivier at his parent’s house in Dole where he houses his old wooden press. His idea was always to “grow his garden at a friend’s house”, and he’s very lucky that for the most part his friends are esteemed winemakers all working naturally. His fruit is all organic or biodynamic, he works manually and diligently, cranking a basket press through the night outside of his parents' garage. The wines are fermented and aged in a 17th century  cellar in Champvans before gravity bottling with zero additions. Olivier Loves to play with ideas regional typicity, while injecting the wines with his sharp wit and intellect. These were a real highlight on our European trip last fall .Enjoy these, they're special, and also limited. **Wines** (0 in stock, 15 total): - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'AliGoChoCho' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Aligoté https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aligochocho-334 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'AliGoChoCho' (2017)** — 2017 · White · Aligoté Aligoté , Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aligochocho-333 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'AliGoChoCho' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Aligoté · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aligochocho-343 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Chardo JuJu' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Chardonnay · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chardo-juju-344 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Chardo JuJu' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Chardonnay https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chardo-juju-335 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Cuvée de la PuPuCe: La PePe ' (2018)** — 2018 · Red · Pinot Noir Pinot Noir (60-yr vines), Côte De Feule, Pupillin https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cuvee-de-la-pupuce-la-pepe-336 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Dent du Chat' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Mondeuse · 9% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/dent-du-chat-345 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Dent du Chat MAG' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Mondeuse · 9% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/dent-du-chat-mag-346 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Fenetre sur Lantigniehehe' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Gamay · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fenetre-sur-lantigniehehe-347 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Gamayamehaaaa' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay Gamay from Savoie 480m https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gamayamehaaaa-337 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'GAMAYAPAPAAAAA' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay, Pinot Noir https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gamayapapaaaaa-338 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Jacquère' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Jacquère Jacquère from Savoie 480m https://www.d-i.wine/wines/jacquere-340 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Jura Cidre Parc' (2021)** — 2021 · Cider 5 days maceration on the skin before a slow (96hrs) vertical press https://www.d-i.wine/wines/jura-cidre-parc-341 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Troussotte' (2021)** — 2021 · Beer · Savagnin, Trousseau https://www.d-i.wine/wines/troussotte-342 - ○ **Le Nez De Goth (Olivier Boulin), 'Viva La Durasss' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Duras · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/viva-la-durasss-348 --- ### Léo Dirringer **Location:** Alsace, Dambach-la-Ville, France **Founded:** 2017 **Hectares:** 13 **Key Varieties:** Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Auxerrois, Sylvaner, Muscat **Website:** https://www.vinsruhlmanndirringer.fr/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/leo-dirringer Returning to Alsace and his family estate in 2007, Léo Dirringer brought with him vision and ideas of a new kind of Alsace. The wines of Léo tell the story of generations of Alsatian winemaking and terroir, but Léo's chapter has just begun. So far it’s very exciting! **Philosophy:** Léo pursues authentic, healthy, accessible wines with zero compromise — pur jus, as he describes it. Convinced by grape quality and terroir respect after training with Marie-Thérèse Chappaz and inspired by Ganevat's sulfur-free purity. Indigenous yeast fermentation, aging in traditional foudres, bottling without additives or filtration. Fresh, digestible, fluid wines proving additive-free winemaking can produce serious, terroir-driven Alsace. **Wines** (2 in stock, 18 total): - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Breistein' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/breistein-353 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Breitstein' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris https://www.d-i.wine/wines/breitstein-358 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Fleur de Peau' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Riesling https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fleur-de-peau-359 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Frankstein' (2021/2022)** — 2021/2022 · White · Riesling, Pinot Gris · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/frankstein-354 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Grain de Sable' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Riesling · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/grain-de-sable-362 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Granitik' (2021/2022/2023)** — 2021/2022/2023 · White · Auxerrois, Pinot Gris · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/granitik-355 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'GranitiK' (2019/2020/2021)** — 2019/2020/2021 · White · Auxerrois, Pinot Gris https://www.d-i.wine/wines/granitik-360 - ○ **Grain de Sable** — 2023 · White · Riesling · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/leo-dirringer-grain-de-sable-2023 - ✓ **Pur Jus** — 2024 · White · 50% Sylvaner 30% Auxerrois 20% Riesling · 12% Léo Dirringer is the fourth-generation winemaker at the family Domaine Ruhlmann-Dirringer north of Colmar in Alsace. After studying oenology in Montpellier and Switzerland, where he discovered natural wines, he persuaded his parents in 2017 to convert the 14-hectare estate to organic farming and launched his own range alongside the family's traditional bottlings. Pur Jus is a three-grape blend (50% Sylvaner, 30% Auxerrois, 20% Riesling), all direct-pressed for spontaneous fermentation and aged 13 months in concrete vat. The cellar protocol on every Léo Dirringer bottling is the same: wild-yeast fermentation, unfiltered, no added SO2. 12% alcohol gives an unpushed, brisk, mineral Alsace white that runs counter to the regional cliché of weight and overt aromatics. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/leo-dirringer-pur-jus-2024 - ○ **Terre à Boire** — 2023 · Red · 80% Pinot Noir 20% Pinot Gris · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/leo-dirringer-terre-a-boire-2023 - ○ **Virose** — 2024 · Orange · 100% Gewurztraminer · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/leo-dirringer-virose-2024 - ✓ **Virose** — 2025 · Orange · 100% Gewurztraminer https://www.d-i.wine/wines/leo-dirringer-virose-2025 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Pur Jus' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Sylvaner, Auxerrois, Riesling · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pur-jus-363 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Terre à Boire' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/terre-a-boire-356 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Terre à Boire' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/terre-a-boire-364 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Virose' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Gewurztraminer · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/virose-365 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Virose ' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Gewurztraminer Destemmed. 5 day maceration on the skins. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/virose-361 - ○ **Léo Dirringer, 'Virose' (2023)** — 2023 · Orange · Gewurztraminer · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/virose-357 --- ### Le Picatier **Location:** Loire, Auvergne, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/le-picatier After earning their BTS diplomas and working in conventional farming, Christophe and Géraldine ventured into biodynamics following a decisive meeting with Dominique Derain in Pommard. They spent two years searching for an estate to take over and were captivated in 2007 by Domaine du Picatier in Saint-Haôn le Vieux, Loire, surrounded by vineyards with various grape varieties. They also established a rural guesthouse, which opened in 2010. Domaine du Picatier, at an altitude of 400m on the western slope of the Loire Valley, is sheltered from the winds by the peaks of the Madeleine Mountains. Christophe is passionate about soil health focusing on biodiversity in the topsoil, enhancing overall soil microbiology. Their Gamay wines are open, aromatic, alluring, and vibrant, reflecting excellent farming practices, loose sandy granitic soils. **Wines** (0 in stock, 7 total): - ○ **Le Picatier, 'Déluge' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Carignan https://www.d-i.wine/wines/deluge-349 - ○ **Le Picatier, 'Gamenits' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gamenits-351 - ○ **Le Picatier, 'Gaménits' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Gamay 50 yo 'gamay à jus blanc' on granite soil. Whole cluster maceration for 2 months. After pressing, 50% aged in barrels and 50% aged in stainless steel, then blended 1 month before bottling. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gamenits-350 - ○ **Chardonnier/viognier** — 2022 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-picatier-chardonnier-viognier-2022-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **J M monastrell** — 2022 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-picatier-j-m-monastrell-2022-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Rincée** — 2022 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-picatier-rincee-2022-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Le Picatier, 'Se Chussa de Re' (2015)** — 2015 · Red · Gamay https://www.d-i.wine/wines/se-chussa-de-re-352 --- ### Les Jardins en-Chantants **Location:** Alsace, Eguisheim, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/les-jardins-en-chantants Neo-paysans Lea and Gabriel Willem run a 1 hectare biodynamic farm near Colmar. Self-proclaimed and proud ‘new farmers’ that don’t hail from agricultural families, Lea and Gabriel are artists, farmers, musicians and winemakers – all in equal parts. Their wine is made in tiny quantities by hand and without any additions. Their creativity and warmth is felt in every one of their magical bottles. **Wines** (0 in stock, 13 total): - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Bourrach' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Riesling Freshness and innocence of childhood, color of spring, outbreak of laughter in the orchard: here is the rustic recipe for Bourrach'. Harvested by hand directly in boxes. Direct pressing in ratchet press. Aged in barrels. 00 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bourrach-366 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Gamay sans mon piano' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Gamay Gamay from a parcel in the Beaujolais bought with Heidi and Hubert Hausherr. The wine undergoes a 28-day carbonic maceration developing notes of cherry, thyme and black pepper. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gamay-sans-mon-piano-367 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'GeWulve' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Gewurztraminer https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gewulve-368 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Gniff' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Gewurtzraminer, and Sylvaner In tribute to Lea and Gabriel's ginger cat and purple carrots, here is Gniff. A throwback to ancestral traditions , Gniff is a blend of 6 Alsatian grape varieties: Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Gewurtzraminer, and Sylvaner. Harvested by hand directly in boxes, Griff undergoes 21 days of carbonic maceration and is then aged in barrels. The coat is deep amber. Expect a delicately bitter mewing, serene purring of the feline with tender claws. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gniff-369 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Gniff' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gniff-370 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Mamie (R)ose' (2020)** — 2020 · Rosé · Pinot Noir Pinot Noir with three days of carbonic maceration. A tribute to Léa's grandmother, Rose, who grew up in Algeria with rosé wine everywhere. When we tasted it for the first time, we felt it was a laughing wine - there is a little residual sugar, a light VA, the pure juice of raspberry and pomegranate - and surely, the real Granny Rose came down at this point, with only jokes and puns. -Nathan https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mamie-r-ose-371 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Pet'Gab'La' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Pinot Auxerrois A natural sparkling wine from Pinot Auxerrois from Beaujolais. Chicory, radicchio and green tomato on the vine! A petnat by proud peasant women. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pet-gab-la-373 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Pet'Gab'La' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Pinot Auxerrois A natural sparkling wine from Pinot Auxerrois from Beaujolais. Chicory, radicchio and green tomato on the vine! A petnat by proud peasant women. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pet-gab-la-372 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Pet'Jan'La' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Muscat, Riesling https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pet-jan-la-374 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Ranyoot' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Pinot Noir ### Summary: Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. ### Winemaking Notes: Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. ### Tasting Notes Notes: Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. Pinot Noir 28-day carbonic. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ranyoot-375 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Ranyoot' (2021)** — 2021 · Red https://www.d-i.wine/wines/ranyoot-376 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'RIGW' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rigw-377 - ○ **Les Jardins en-Chantants, 'Riri de Jeff' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Riesling A wine to celebrate life, the people and to seek truth. Made to honor Jeff, the one who (with his big hand) puts the seeds in the ground in the gardens and who accompanies them with love and attention in their verticality towards the sky. 100% direct press oxidative Riesling on arigo-limestone soil aged in barrels. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riri-de-jeff-378 --- ### Les Salicaires **Location:** Roussillon, Canet-en-Roussillon, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/les-salicaires The secret of the hiqh quality fruit coming from Les Salicaires in Canet-en-Roussillon is out: the grapes are coveted by star winemakers. Vincent Lafage inherited his 16 hectare estate 'Les Salicaires' from his father in 2016. A stone's throw from the 'radiant coast' of the Mediterranean, the estate brings the nostalgia of summers in the South of France with fresh oceanic breeze in the air. Grenache Noir, Blanc, and Gris (a rarity!), Syrah, Macabeu, Muscat, and Carignan are planted on rolled pebbles and rest on a clay-limestone soil. They benefit from altitude, mild weather and abundant wind. Little intervention - apart from gentle herbal tea and essential oil sprays - is required to produce healthy and beautiful fruit. Vincent is an unmistakably quiet, honest and genuine guy -- someone who prefers to let his work do the talking. Always accompanied by his faithful dog, 'le chien rouge,' his 2022 vintage shows his great potential as an emerging natural winemaker of the Roussillon and showcases his coveted fruit. **Wines** (0 in stock, 9 total): - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Chien Rouge' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Noir · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chien-rouge-400 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Chien Rouge' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Noir https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chien-rouge-395 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Frérots' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Syrah https://www.d-i.wine/wines/frerots-396 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Lloberes' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Grenache Gris · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/lloberes-401 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Reptilia' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Mourvèdre https://www.d-i.wine/wines/reptilia-397 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Sentinelle' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Mourvèdre https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sentinelle-398 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Sentinelle' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Mourvèdre · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sentinelle-402 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Torlit' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Grenache Gris et Blanc · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/torlit-403 - ○ **Les Salicaires, 'Torlit' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris https://www.d-i.wine/wines/torlit-399 --- ### L'Oiseau Rôdeur **Location:** Jura, France **Founded:** 2021 **Hectares:** 5.5 **Key Varieties:** Savagnin, Chardonnay, Trousseau, Pinot Noir, Poulsard **Website:** https://www.instagram.com/loiseaurodeur/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/l-oiseau-rodeur L'Oiseau Rôdeur is a natural wine estate founded in 2021 by Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier in Poligny, Jura, producing organic, unfiltered wines from indigenous-yeast fermentation across approximately 5.5 hectares in Poligny and Grozon, with their first vintage in 2023. **Philosophy:** Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier's approach is rooted in a clear, uncompromising vision: to produce wines that faithfully and precisely reflect the Jura terroir. Their goal is not stylistic intervention but transparency — wines that speak of their place with clarity and honesty. In the cellar, fermentations are conducted exclusively with indigenous yeasts, and wines are bottled without filtration or fining, with sulfites kept to a strict minimum. **Wines** (3 in stock, 3 total): - ✓ **Bagatelle** — 2023 · Red · Pinot Noir · 12% Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier started L'Oiseau Rôdeur in 2021 in Poligny (Jura), now farming around 4 hectares. Both trained at notable Jura natural cellars (Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges, Nicolas Jacob) before going independent. The estate's stated aim is clean, precise wines built on the Jura's marl-and-limestone substrate. Bagatelle is the cellar's red, vinified destemmed and macerated for around a week before aging in tank on the iridescent Triassic marls of the En Trouillot Bâtard lieu-dit. The 2023 release leans on Pinot Noir; the cuvée has since evolved into a four-grape co-ferment in subsequent vintages. Native yeasts, no fining or filtration, no added SO2. 12% alcohol; bright, light, savory, very Jura. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-oiseau-rodeur-bagatelle-2023 - ✓ **Décors** — 2023 · Rose · Trousseau · 12% Décors is L'Oiseau Rôdeur's white-from-Trousseau bottling, a direct-press of the Jura's red grape that pulls a pale, savory wine out of fruit normally vinified for the cellar's reds. Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier founded the 4-hectare Poligny estate in 2021 after training at Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges and Nicolas Jacob. The cellar follows a strict natural template: native-yeast fermentation, no fining or filtration, no added SO2. The Triassic marl substrate around Poligny gives the wine its salinity and tension. 12% alcohol; an unusual pale white for sommeliers wanting Jura provenance with a non-textbook starting point. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-oiseau-rodeur-decors-2023 - ✓ **Jours Brumeux** — 2023 · White · 75% Chardonnay 25% Savagnin · 12% Jours Brumeux is L'Oiseau Rôdeur's classic Jura white blend, 75% Chardonnay and 25% Savagnin, the canonical pairing of the region. Marie Menoux and Thomas Rougier started the 4-hectare Poligny estate in 2021 after training at notable Jura natural-wine cellars (Les Pieds sur Terre, Les Bottes Rouges, Nicolas Jacob). The cellar protocol on every cuvée is identical: native-yeast fermentation, no fining or filtration, no added SO2. The Triassic-marl substrate around Poligny lends the saline, almost bitter-edged tension that distinguishes serious Jura whites from their Burgundian cousins to the west. 12% alcohol gives a brisk, low-key white built around acid and minerality rather than ripeness or oak. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-oiseau-rodeur-jours-brumeux-2023 --- ### Pèira Levada **Location:** Languedoc, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/peira-levada Hailing from a family of winemakers from the Bergerac region, it was in 2009, while working with Didier Montchovet in Hautes Côtes de Beaune that Alexandre Durand experienced a pivotal moment in his life as a winemaker: ‘That's where I understood that 98% of a great terroir wine was made in the vineyard, that is, in and with nature! It is essential to preserve, or even often recreate, natural symbioses. The terroir is alive. Soil, microorganisms, wildlife, flora, vines: everything is connected.’ **Wines** (0 in stock, 3 total): - ○ **Pèira Levada, 'Carignan Radical ' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Carignan 3 month de-stemmed maceration with no extraction https://www.d-i.wine/wines/carignan-radical-421 - ○ **Pèira Levada, 'Lust for Wine ' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Syrah Destemmed. Two-month maceration (infusion) without any extractions. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining. No filtration. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/lust-for-wine-422 - ○ **Pèira Levada, 'Otium' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Mourvèdre, Carignan, Grenache, Cinsault https://www.d-i.wine/wines/otium-423 --- ### Petite Nature **Location:** Ardèche, France **Founded:** 2019 **Hectares:** 2.5 **Key Varieties:** Gamay, Syrah, Sérine, Viognier, Marsanne, Chardonnay, Cinsault, Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris **Tags:** biodynamic **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/petite-nature Pauline Maziou — "la fée Paulette" — founded Petite Nature in 2019 in Quintenas, northern Ardèche, after leaving a media career to return to her farming roots. Trained at La Ferme des 7 Lunes and with Daniel Sage, she farms 2.5 hectares of granite and sand organically with biodynamic treatments, crafting zero-zero natural wines from Gamay, Syrah, Viognier, and more in a tiny cellar beneath her home. **Philosophy:** Pauline's guiding principle is to grow the healthiest grapes possible so she can interfere as little as possible during vinification. The vineyard follows organic agriculture with complementary biodynamic treatments — herbal infusions and teas, respect for the lunar calendar in both vineyard and cellar work. In the cellar, the approach is radically non-interventionist: spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, no SO2 added at any stage, no fining, no filtration. The result is living, vibrant wines that express their terroir without artifice. **Wines** (3 in stock, 16 total): - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Chalouper' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Merlot, Grenache, Viognier · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chalouper-429 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Danser sous la Pluie' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Merlot · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/danser-sous-la-pluie-424 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Danser sous la Pluie' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Gamay · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/danser-sous-la-pluie-430 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'L'amour à la Plage' (2023)** — 2023 · Orange · Chardonnay, Viognier · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/l-amour-a-la-plage-425 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Monde Nouveau' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Grenache Noir, Grenache Gris · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/monde-nouveau-431 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Paysages' (2023)** — 2023 · White · Viognier · 9.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/paysages-426 - ○ **Bonne étoile** — 2023 · Red · Gamay Syrah Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Verdesse · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-bonne-etoile-2023 - ○ **Fly me to the Moon** — 2024 · Red · Syrah Sauvignon Blanc Chardonnay · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-fly-me-to-the-moon-2024 - ○ **Le Jour se lève** — 2024 · Orange · 100% Marsanne · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-le-jour-se-leve-2024 - ○ **Monde Nouveau** — 2024 · Red · Grenache Noir Grenache Gris · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-monde-nouveau-2024 - ✓ **Paysages** — 2024 · White · 66% Marsanne 33% Viognier · 11% Pauline Maziou started Petite Nature in 2019 in Quintenas (northern Ardèche) with half a hectare of vines and a 2,000-bottle production, after retraining with Jean Delobre of La Ferme des Sept Lunes and Daniel Sage. The cellar lives in her basement, equipment is hand-operated, vineyards are organically farmed with a strong biodynamic streak. Paysages is a Marsanne-led white (66% Marsanne, 33% Viognier), direct-pressed and vinified without additives. The wine's character runs to acacia blossom, white peach and a touch of warm stone, with the supple Northern Rhône texture pulled into salinity by the cellar's restraint. 11% alcohol on the 2024 release is on the lower end of Petite Nature's published range; expect freshness over weight. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-paysages-2024 - ✓ **Sorcière** — 2024 · Red · Sérine Viognier Cinsault · 11% Sorcière is Pauline Maziou's Northern-Rhône-feeling estate red, blending Sérine (the old, small-berried Syrah clone associated with Côte-Rôtie's heritage parcels) with Viognier and Cinsault. Maziou started Petite Nature in 2019 in Quintenas (northern Ardèche) with half a hectare of vines and a 2,000-bottle production; the cellar sits in her basement and the equipment is mostly hand-operated. Vineyards are organically farmed with strong biodynamic influence. Vinification runs to native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. 11% alcohol on the 2024 is a deliberate early-pick choice; the wine reads more like a brisk, peppery Northern Rhône natural red than a southern blend, with Sérine pulling the spice and Viognier softening texture. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-sorciere-2024 - ✓ **Tombée du Ciel** — 2024 · Red · 100% Gamay · 11% Tombée du Ciel is Pauline Maziou's solo-Gamay bottling at Petite Nature in Quintenas (northern Ardèche), where she started with half a hectare in 2019 and built the project from a basement cellar with mostly hand-operated equipment. Vineyards are organically farmed with strong biodynamic influence, and the cellar runs without additives or added sulfur, native yeasts only. Gamay in the northern Ardèche reads quite differently from Beaujolais: the granite and clay-granite soils push the variety toward dark fruit, peppery lift and a more savory finish, with the early-pick house style holding the alcohol to 11% on the 2024 release. A useful natural-wine Gamay for accounts looking past the standard Beaujolais reference points. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petite-nature-tombee-du-ciel-2024 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Sorcières' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Serine, Viognier · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sorcieres-427 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Tombée du Ciel' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Gamay · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tombee-du-ciel-428 - ○ **Petite Nature, 'Tombée du Ciel' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Gamay · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tombee-du-ciel-432 --- ### Pierre Rousse **Location:** Languedoc, Limoux, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/pierre-rousse Pierre Rousse was the first winemaker we visited in France. He tends five hectares in Western Languedoc, just south of the medieval fortress town, Carcassonne. He grows Merlot, Pinot noir, Cabernet franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, all organically (though not certified). He's a winemaker's winemaker. Pierre is incredibly patient, and lets the wines become themselves all on their own.  These wines are truly unique, and beautifully finessed. Do not miss these. **Wines** (0 in stock, 5 total): - ○ **Pierre Rousse, 'Amphigouri' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Merlot https://www.d-i.wine/wines/amphigouri-433 - ○ **Pierre Rousse, 'Bagatelle' (NV)** — NV · Red · Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon 70% 2016 & 30% 2017. Spring frosts in 2017 resulted in particularly low yields and decision to combine the two vintages. Grape varieties: 65% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Vineyard Size: 5 hectares Soil: Clay-limestone (from “la Mothe” parcel) Elevation: 175 meters, with light northern exposure Average age of vines: 20 years Farming: Practicing organic. Vines have been farmed organically since planting in 2001. Harvest: By hand. No destemming. Vinification: Whole-cluster maceration for 2-3 days, then pressed. Varietals blended directly following pressing. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining. No filtration. Aging: 11+ months in stainless steel. Bottled September 30, 2019. Sulfur added: None Production: 5191 bottles https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bagatelle-434 - ○ **Pierre Rousse, 'Carabistouille' (2018)** — 2018 · Red · Merlot 2014 was characterized by a large amount of rainfall and cooler than average temperatures. This translated to a relatively abundant yield, with elevated amounts of juice and acidity and lower levels of sugar. This resulting 100% Merlot is well-rounded and fruit-forward, with a pronounced freshness unique to the millésime. Discreet tannins. Grape variety: 100% Merlot ABV: 12% by vol. Vineyard size: 5 hectares Soil: Clay-limestone (from “Villarzel” parcel) Elevation: 300 meters, with southern exposure Average age of vines: 35+ years Farming: Practicing organic Harvest: By hand Vinification: Whole-cluster fermentation with 6-7 day maceration period followed by pressing. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining. No filtration. Aging: 8 months in stainless steel. Bottled May 29, 2015. Sulfur added: None Production: 2,450 bottles https://www.d-i.wine/wines/carabistouille-435 - ○ **Pierre Rousse, 'Le Pelut Babiole Cider' (2011)** — 2011 · Cider Le Peluts cider is made from wild apples picked in the eastern Pyrenees at an altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level and the soil is granite. The apples are picked in October-November and pressed immediately after harvest. The fermentation takes place naturally, ie without added yeast or sugar. Babiole is a still cider that has been fermented slowly for about half a year and then aged. A truly unique aged cider a decade in the making. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-pelut-babiole-cider-436 - ○ **Pierre Rousse, 'Remue-méninges' (2011)** — 2011 · Red · Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc. Nothing added nothing taken away. Aged ten years in barrel and bottle. Still incredibly fresh tasting and easy to drink, full of energy and life, but a distinct maturity that comes only with age. Such a special wine. Big in Japan https://www.d-i.wine/wines/remue-meninges-437 --- ### Recerca & Zulu Vins **Location:** Roussillon, France **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/recerca-zulu-vins Zulu vins is half negoce, half curatorial project from Jess Albero and Laurent Pujuol of Recerca. They create and distribute collaborative wines with esteemed friends/growers (including Tom Lubbe, Alain Castex, Meli Ligas, and more). Their project spans Southern France, the Loire Valley and as far flung as Greece. They operate almost like an independent record label, releasing one-off singles by some of their favorite artists. **Wines** (0 in stock, 18 total): - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Antigonisme' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Moskomavro Zulu x Meli Ligas (of Kitma Ligas) / Antigonisme is a direct press of Moskonavro (red grapes) for a "blanc de noir" style from Pella, Grece. The vines are on soils of loam and limestone and the wine was aged in stainless steel. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/antigonisme-438 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Carignan U.P' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Carignan https://www.d-i.wine/wines/carignan-u-p-439 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Côtes Catalanes Garnatxa Gran Pagès' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Grenache Pagès is a 7 days maceration stomped grapes "entieres" Grenache from the Danjou Bros in Espira de l'Agly. This is a very subtle expression of great black Grenache; the soil is schist as well , aging in fiber glass tank. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cotes-catalanes-garnatxa-gran-pages-440 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Crémant de Limoux Licorne' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Mauzac Chenin blanc + Chardonnay + Mauzac. A method Champenoise sparkling wine / Crémant de Limoux is a blend of Chardonnay, Chenin, Mauzac from winemaker Gilles Azam in Languedoc-Roussillon. Vines on soil of sandstone-based clay and marine limestone soils rich in fossils, fermented with 10 months elevage in barriques and 12 months on rack. This Crémant de Limoux is an appellation for the modern-styled sparkling wines from vineyards around the town of Limoux, in the Pyrenean foothills of southern France. Geneviève & Gilles Azam's Domaine is located in the Aude valley, on the very edge of Languedoc. The vineyard is at the very top of a 600m summit overlooking land that was once occupied by the armies of Charlemagne. Their home and cellar comes from Gilles's grandfather, atop a rocky cliff called d'amour dur, or tough love. The area is covered in jutting limestone rocks creating sites of discrete microclimates and sloped vineyards. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cremant-de-limoux-licorne-441 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Duel' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Muscat, Muscat of Alexandrie https://www.d-i.wine/wines/duel-442 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Goal Volant' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Lledoner Pelut, Muscat https://www.d-i.wine/wines/goal-volant-443 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Golem' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Macabeo https://www.d-i.wine/wines/golem-444 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Hadouken' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Mauzac Zulu x Gilles Azam / Hadouken is a direct press of Mauzac from Roquetaillade grown at 400m altitude with Marnes soil. Aging is in half in old barrel the rest in concrete tank for six months. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/hadouken-445 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Lell.e' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Grenache, Syrah A Grenache / Syrah blend from Mas des Agrunelles. Vinified with six-day maceration and elevage in concrete vats. The estate was founded by Frédéric Porro and his wife, Stéphanie Ponson – they practice organic and biodynamic farming on a little less than 25 hectares of vines. Situated just 20km northwest of Montpellier in the two small communes known as Argelliers and Murles, the domaine is 200m above sea level. This unique terroir sees some of the coolest microclimates in the region, keeping the freshness and acidity of the grapes high. The soils are uniquely composed of well-drained Jurassic Comblanchien Limestone and clay nearer the hilltops, as well as alluvial soils further downslope. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/lell-e-446 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Magneto' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache Noir, Macabeo https://www.d-i.wine/wines/magneto-447 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Mas Samsō' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Macabeo https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mas-samso-448 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Morilly AOC Chinon' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Cabernet Franc Zulu x Antoine Lambert (son of Arnaud Lambert): Morilly is a biodynamic Cabernet Franc from Loire in Chinon, white clay soil, 8 days maceration in concrete tank followed by 12 months barrel aging. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/morilly-aoc-chinon-449 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Muscat U.P' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Muscat d'Alexandrie Muscat UP is a direct press of Muscat, the grapes are from old vines in Espira de l'Agly in the Roussillon with black schist soil. Native yeast fermentation and aging in stainless steel with 10ppm SO2. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/muscat-u-p-450 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Pharmakon' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Syrah, Grenache, Muscat https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pharmakon-451 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Pitalugue' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Grenache, Cinsault A Grenache/Cinsault blend from winemaker Guillaume Lefevre. Whole cluster with semi carbonic fermentation, 8-10 days of maceration with elevage in concrete vats. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pitalugue-452 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Satyre' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Aramon Guillaume biodynamically farms 29 hectares of Provençal land with his wife Karina in the village of Miramas, in Aix, Provence, est. 2004. The vines are on land with flaky limestone soil known as “Lauze” from which the winery takes its name, Domaine de Sulauze. In the cellar, the practice is wild yeast fermentations, no/low-SO2 doses, and no fining or filtration https://www.d-i.wine/wines/satyre-453 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Terres Noires' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Macabeo https://www.d-i.wine/wines/terres-noires-454 - ○ **Recerca & Zulu Vins, 'Version' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache Gris, Grenache blanc, Grenache noir, Macabeo, Muscat https://www.d-i.wine/wines/version-455 --- ### Sense Pressa **Location:** Languedoc, Corbières, France **Founded:** 2020 **Hectares:** 4 **Key Varieties:** Grenache Noir, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache Gris, Muscat, Macabeo, Grenache Blanc **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/sense-pressa Sense Pressa (translated from Catalan as ‘No Hurry’) was established in 2020 by Marius Long. Marius farms 2.5 hectares of twenty-year-old vines in the picturesque village of Cucugnan, nestled between the foothills of the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Sea. He grows Grenache Noir and Syrah organically, in addition to tending a plot of Carignan lent to him by a local winemaker in 2022. **Philosophy:** Uncompromisingly hands-off winemaking. Marius produces pure and energetic zero/zero cuvees without any oenological inputs from start to finish. Despite the southern Corbieres location, the wines show remarkable restraint with delicacy, lift, and quiet elegance — more reminiscent of cooler climates than typical regional styles. **Wines** (1 in stock, 17 total): - ○ **Sense Pressa, '6+4' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache, Syrah https://www.d-i.wine/wines/6-4-533 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Buisson Rouge' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Carignan · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/buisson-rouge-527 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Cha Cha Cha' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Grenache, Syrah · 14.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cha-cha-cha-537 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Cha Cha Cha' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Syrah, Grenache · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cha-cha-cha-528 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Gouzotte' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Syrah, Grenache https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gouzotte-534 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Kunik' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Cinsault, Grenache, Carignan · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/kunik-529 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Laska' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Grenache · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/laska-530 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Premier Vin' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache Noir 4 day maceration of whole bunch followed by direct press. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/premier-vin-535 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Rumba' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Grenache, Carignan · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rumba-531 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'SB' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Sauvignon Blanc · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sb-539 - ○ **Buisson Rouge** — 2023 · Red · 100% Carignan · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sense-pressa-buisson-rouge-2023 - ○ **Laska** — 2022 · Red · Grenache · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sense-pressa-laska-2022 - ○ **Rumba** — 2023 · Red · Grenache Carignan · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sense-pressa-rumba-2023 - ✓ **Triplette** — 2023 · Red · Grenache Carignan · 13.5% Marius Long started Sense Pressa in the village of Padern in the Corbières after training in Beaune and harvest stints across Burgundy, Sancerre, Latour de France and Hautes Corbières (including time with Mazière, the legendary Languedoc reference). The estate works small plots around Padern and Cucugnan on limestone, restoring vineyards on the steep hills the family worked before mechanization pulled growers down to the valley flats. Triplette is a Grenache-Carignan red built on this hill-country fruit, vinified biodynamically with no fining, no filtration and no added SO2. 13.5% alcohol holds down what could easily have been a heavier southern wine; the result reads as juicy and Mediterranean rather than extracted, with the limestone signature pulling lift into the finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sense-pressa-triplette-2023 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Triplette' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Grenache, Carignan · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/triplette-532 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Triplette' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Grenache · 15% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/triplette-538 - ○ **Sense Pressa, 'Triplette' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Grenache 5 days maceration of whole bunch and de-stemmed grapes blended with a 7 days maceration of whole bunch grapes https://www.d-i.wine/wines/triplette-536 --- ### Sylvain Martinez **Location:** Loire, Anjou, France **Founded:** 2006 **Hectares:** 3 **Key Varieties:** Chenin Blanc, Pineau d'Aunis, Grolleau, Gamay **Tags:** Natural, Organic, Zero Sulfite, Grower-Producer, Old Vines, Vin de France **Website:** https://sites.google.com/site/sylvainmartinezanjou/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/sylvain-martinez Artisan vigneron in Anjou's Le Thoureil, Sylvain Martinez farms 3 hectares of old-vine Chenin, Pineau d'Aunis, and Grolleau organically, making zero-additive wines in the semi-troglodyte cellars of the Abbey of Saint-Maur. **Philosophy:** Sylvain makes wine with nothing added - no SO2, no commercial yeasts, no fining, no filtration. Each wine is a pure expression of the vintage and terroir, with indigenous yeasts driving fermentation at their own pace. He's drawn to winemaking as exploration - understanding how grapes transform into wine without interference. **Wines** (5 in stock, 14 total): - ○ **Sylvain Martinez, 'Gazouillis' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Chenin, Grolleau Gris · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gazouillis-545 - ○ **Sylvain Martinez, 'Goutte d’O' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Chenin · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/goutte-d-o-546 - ○ **Sylvain Martinez, 'Onis' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pineau d'Aunis · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/onis-547 - ○ **Sylvain Martinez, 'Renard' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pineau d’Aunis, Grolleau Gris, Grolleau Noir · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/renard-548 - ○ **Sylvain Martinez, 'Rosabul' (2022)** — 2022 · Rosé · 50% Grolleau, 25% Pineau d’Aunis, 25% Gamay · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rosabul-549 - ✓ **Bianc'O** — 2024 · White · Chenin Blanc Grolleau Gris · 11% Sylvain Martinez has farmed three hectares in Le Thoureil (Anjou, Loire) since 2006, after working with Marc Angeli, Xavier Caillard and Olivier Cousin. The cellar sits in the basement of the Abbey of Saint-Maur, a site planted to Chenin Blanc since 845 AD. Bianc'O is a Chenin-led white blended with Grolleau Gris, both grapes drawn from organic-farmed plots on the alluvial and Turonian-limestone soils that define Anjou Blanc (oyster fossils still surface in the fields, and an old lime kiln once worked the marl extracted from the area). 11% alcohol; native-yeast fermentation, no additives, no added SO2. The Grolleau Gris addition lifts the wine away from textbook dry-Chenin territory toward a saltier, more textural register. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-bianc-o-2024 - ○ **Corbeau** — 2022 · Red · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-corbeau-2022 - ✓ **Goutte d’O** — 2022 · White · 100% Chenin Blanc · 13% Goutte d'O is the 100% Chenin Blanc bottling at Sylvain Martinez's three-hectare estate in Le Thoureil (Anjou, Loire), drawn from organic-farmed old-vine plots on the alluvial and Turonian-limestone soils that define Anjou Blanc. Martinez has farmed here since 2006, after stints with Marc Angeli, Xavier Caillard and Olivier Cousin; the cellar sits in the basement of the Abbey of Saint-Maur, where Chenin has been planted since 845 AD. Native-yeast fermentation, no additives, no added SO2. The 2022 vintage carries 13% alcohol; a warmer, riper Chenin than the lighter 2024 cuvées in the range, with the limestone signature pulling salinity through what could otherwise be a richer profile. A serious natural-wine Chenin for accounts that want Anjou authenticity at the higher end of the cellar's range. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-goutte-d-o-2022 - ○ **Onis** — 2022 · Red · 100% Pineau d'Aunis · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-onis-2022 - ✓ **Renard** — 2022 · Red · Pineau d'Aunis Grolleau Noir Grolleau Gris · 11.5% Renard is Sylvain Martinez's three-grape Loire red, built around Pineau d'Aunis (the historic, peppery red grape of the central Loire) with Grolleau Noir and Grolleau Gris filling out the texture. Martinez has farmed three organic hectares in Le Thoureil (Anjou) since 2006, vinifying in the basement of the Abbey of Saint-Maur. The cellar protocol is uncompromising: native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. The 2022 vintage carries 11.5% alcohol; expect peppery lift, light tannin, a savory saline finish on the alluvial-and-limestone substrate. Pineau d'Aunis worked this way reads more like a serious natural-wine Loire red than a regional rarity. A useful by-the-glass for trade accounts wanting a non-Cabernet-Franc Loire red with proper provenance. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-renard-2022 - ✓ **Renard** — 2023 · Red · Pineau d'Aunis Grolleau Noir Grolleau Gris · 11.5% Renard 2023 is the second vintage of Sylvain Martinez's three-grape Loire red, built around the historic central-Loire Pineau d'Aunis (the peppery local grape) with Grolleau Noir and Grolleau Gris. Martinez has worked his three organic hectares in Le Thoureil (Anjou) since 2006, vinifying in the basement of the Abbey of Saint-Maur, where Chenin Blanc has been planted since 845 AD. Cellar protocol stays the same year over year: native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. The 2023 release sits at 11.5% alcohol, holding the cuvée's signature register: peppery lift, light tannin, a saline finish drawn from the alluvial-and-limestone Anjou substrate. A natural-wine Loire red for accounts wanting Pineau d'Aunis without the regional-rarity price premium. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-renard-2023 - ✓ **Rosabul** — 2022 · Rose · Pineau d'Aunis Gamay Grolleau Noir Grolleau Gris · 11.5% Rosabul is Sylvain Martinez's rosé in the four-grape Loire format: Pineau d'Aunis (the historic peppery grape) with Gamay, Grolleau Noir and Grolleau Gris. Martinez has farmed three organic hectares in Le Thoureil (Anjou) since 2006, after working with Marc Angeli, Xavier Caillard and Olivier Cousin; the cellar sits in the basement of the Abbey of Saint-Maur. Cellar protocol holds: native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. The 2022 release is 11.5% alcohol; a pale, peppery, saline rosé that runs counter to the conventional sweet-leaning Loire pink register. Useful for trade accounts wanting a serious natural-wine rosé built around Pineau d'Aunis rather than the standard Cabernet d'Anjou template. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-rosabul-2022 - ○ **Rouge Gam** — 2022 · Red · 100% Gamay · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-rouge-gam-2022 - ○ **Vin Jour** — 2022 · Orange · Chenin Blanc · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sylvain-martinez-vin-jour-2022 --- ### Vins Mercuriales **Location:** Rhone Valley, Drôme, France **Founded:** 2022 **Key Varieties:** Syrah, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Cinsault, Pineau d'Aunis, Gamay **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/vins-mercuriales Vins Mercuriales is a French natural wine négociant project founded by artist-musicians Antonin Roux and Aymard Caillol, producing minimal-intervention wines from organically certified grapes sourced in the Northern Rhône and Loire Valley, based in Saint-Restitut, Drôme. **Philosophy:** Negociant-vigneron producing natural wines from purchased organically certified grapes sourced from Northern Rhone and Loire. All wines fermented with indigenous yeasts, bottled unfined and unfiltered with no additives. SO2 used only when necessary, always under 10 mg/L. Their approach combines artistic sensibility with minimal intervention - every detail thoughtfully considered. **Wines** (3 in stock, 11 total): - ○ **Vins Mercuriales, 'Gironet' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Grenache · 12.9% Old organic grapes, harvested on the 29th of August 2023 in Tulette (Drôme) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/gironet-574 - ○ **Vins Mercuriales, 'Mayet' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Pineau d'Aunis, Gamay · 11.7% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mayet-577 - ○ **Vins Mercuriales, 'Mihau' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Cinsault · 12.04% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mihau-575 - ○ **Vins Mercuriales, 'Mirage' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Chenin, Chardonnay · 12.6% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mirage-578 - ○ **Vins Mercuriales, 'Pera' (2023)** — 2023 · White · Chenin · 12.9% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pera-576 - ○ **Vins Mercuriales, 'Sugane' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Syrah · 12.9% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sugane-579 - ✓ **Gironet** — 2024 · Red · 13% Vins Mercuriales is the natural-wine project of Antonin Roux and Aymar Carrol, an experimental-music composer (Roux, Paris-based) and a natural-wine bar owner (Carrol, Marseille). The pair attended the inaugural BIM natural-wine fair in Arles, staged with Martin Texier in 2019, vinified their first micro-cuvées in demijohns, and secured a cave by the Rhône river for their 2022 official first vintage. Gironet is one of the cellar's reds, sourced from organic plots around the Drôme Provençale. The cellar runs the standard natural-wine protocol: native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. 13% alcohol; a Rhône red that reads more like a thoughtful natural-wine project than a regional standard, with the post-2022 cellar still in build-out mode. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vins-mercuriales-gironet-2024 - ✓ **Mihau** — 2025 · Red · Cinsault · 12% Mihau is the Cinsault-led red in Antonin Roux and Aymar Carrol's Vins Mercuriales project, the post-2022 natural-wine cellar by the Rhône river in the Drôme Provençale. Cinsault is the unsung southern grape that has had a quiet renaissance in natural-wine circles for its ability to deliver light, fragrant, drinkable reds without the weight of Grenache or Syrah. The Mercuriales pair (Roux is a Paris-based experimental music composer, Carrol owns a natural-wine bar in Marseille) staged with Martin Texier in 2019 and ran their first micro-cuvées in demijohns before securing the Rhône-side cave. Cellar protocol: native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. 12% alcohol on the 2025 release; bright, peppery, drink-now Cinsault. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vins-mercuriales-mihau-2025 - ○ **Pausoben** — 2023 · Orange · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vins-mercuriales-pausoben-2023 - ✓ **Sardone** — 2023 · White · 12% Sardone is one of the white bottlings in Antonin Roux and Aymar Carrol's Vins Mercuriales project, the post-2022 natural-wine cellar by the Rhône river in the Drôme Provençale. Roux is a Paris-based experimental music composer; Carrol owns a natural-wine bar in Marseille. The pair attended the inaugural BIM natural-wine fair in Arles, staged with Martin Texier in 2019, ran their first micro-cuvées in demijohns and secured a cave for their 2022 official first vintage. The cellar runs the standard natural-wine template: native yeasts, no additives, no added SO2. 12% alcohol on the 2023 release; expect a brisk, savory Rhône white reflecting the project's still-evolving production rather than a fixed regional template. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vins-mercuriales-sardone-2023 - ○ **Vermen** — 2025 · Red · Cinsault · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vins-mercuriales-vermen-2025 --- ## Italy ### Alchimia Cantina Urbana **Location:** Abruzzo, Italy **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/alchimia-cantina-urbana Finally a winemaker from Abruzzo for us. Matteo Cacciagrano makes beautiful wines here from Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Passerina.. He knows what he is doing because he has been surrounded by some natural wine wizards for a long time, such as the Brutal wine cooperation founders.. First gained experience in his garage, but since a few years 100% winemaker. And how! They are all wild, but very drinkable. And all mineral and fruity. **Wines** (0 in stock, 4 total): - ○ **Alchimia Cantina Urbana, 'Abruzzo Brutal' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Montepulciano Brutal of 100% Montepulciano. Half whole bunch fermentation, which gives it a lot of fruit. A real Montepulciano bomba! Super drinkable and energetic, lots of red fruit and flowers. Slightly tannic but not too strong. Nothing added and so a very tasty Brutal that is not too funky. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/abruzzo-brutal-3 - ○ **Alchimia Cantina Urbana, 'Mescalito' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Merlot 100% Merlot, spontaneous fermentation with maceration on the skins for 7 days and for 20% of the mass in whole bunches; no addition of sulfites, clarification or filtration. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/mescalito-4 - ○ **Alchimia Cantina Urbana, 'Quatro Vuoto' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Trebbiano 100% Trebbano. All white pulp fruits and citrus! https://www.d-i.wine/wines/quatro-vuoto-5 - ○ **Alchimia Cantina Urbana, 'Viaggio a Ixtlan' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Montepulciano 100% Montepulciano. 7 days of maceration and a little whole bunch, which gives him extra fruit. Floral too and after a bit of air the spices come up. Still a lot of freshness due to the whole bunch fermentation. In short, a super tasty Montepulciano. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/viaggio-a-ixtlan-6 --- ## Japan ### 10R Winery **Location:** Hokkaido, Iwamizawa, Japan **Founded:** 2012 **Hectares:** 2.3 **Key Varieties:** Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Gamay, Poulsard, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Auxerrois, Aligoté, Chenin Blanc, Savagnin, Grüner Veltliner, Kerner, Zweigelt **Website:** http://10rwinery.jp/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/10r-winery 10R is the cellar in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido where much of modern Japanese wine has quietly been learning its craft. Founded in 2012 by Bruce Gutlove — the New York–born, UC Davis–trained winemaker who spent two decades shaping Coco Farm & Winery in Tochigi before moving north — 10R is built around a custom-crush model that scarcely exists elsewhere in Japan: a shared bench where emerging Hokkaido growers vinify their own fruit under their own labels for a five-year residency, learning native-yeast fermentation, low-SO2 work, and how to hold a Burgundian line in a climate that buries the vines under four meters of snow. The graduate list reads like a roll call of contemporary Japanese wine — Soga Takahiko (Domaine Takahiko), Kondo Ryosuke (Kondo Vineyard), Domaine Bless, Domaine Toi, Nora Kura — and most of the producers we love from Hokkaido began here. Alongside the contract work, Bruce farms 2.3 hectares of his own — the Kaze block in Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Poulsard and Gamay; the Mori block in Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, Aligoté, Chenin Blanc, Savagnin and Grüner Veltliner — bottled under the Kamishoro label, with the Pinot cuvée "Kaze" recently called the best red wine in the world by Noma's head sommelier. The cellar is also home to the Coco-to-Aru (こことある) collaboration, where Coco Farm sources Hokkaido fruit and Bruce vinifies it in Iwamizawa: Pinot Noir, Pinot Rosé, and a Zweigelt now bottled in qvevri buried in the cellar floor — wines that travel the 700 km south to Ashikaga only to be released. **Philosophy:** 10R operates on a custom-crush model unusual in Japan — a shared cellar where emerging Hokkaido growers vinify their own fruit under their own labels, typically for a five-year residency, while learning the craft alongside Bruce Gutlove. The name "10R" (read "toa-ru," a homophone of とある / "a certain place") signals the studio idea: many hands, many wines, one room. Bruce frames mastery as roughly a ten-year apprenticeship and refuses to prescribe a house style — wild-yeast ferments, low-SO2, minimal fining and filtration are encouraged, but the philosophical center is each grower developing their own voice. The estate plantings (2.3 ha across the Kaze and Mori blocks) are deliberately small and field-blend Burgundian / Jurassien — Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Poulsard, Gamay on the red side; Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, Aligoté, Chenin Blanc, Savagnin and Grüner Veltliner on the white side. The choice reflects Bruce's belief that Hokkaido's cool, snow-buried climate is closer to continental Europe than to Bordeaux or Napa, which Japanese wine had spent decades trying to imitate. --- ### Aizawa Nouen **Location:** Hokkaido, Obihiro, Japan **Founded:** 2016 **Hectares:** 5 **Key Varieties:** Yamasachi, Yamabudou, Kiyomi, Kiyomai, Yamako, Seibui, Ichina, Campbell Early, Niagara, Delaware **Website:** https://aizawanouen.com/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/aizawa-nouen JAS-certified organic natural winery in Tokachi, Hokkaido, producing wild-yeast-fermented, unfiltered wines from cold-hardy Japanese hybrid grapes on 5.5 hectares carved from virgin forest. **Philosophy:** Winemaking is rooted in the belief that healthy, pesticide-free grapes grown in harmony with the surrounding forest will express their true character through natural fermentation. Vineyards were cleared from untouched Hokkaido wilderness, with ~2,000 trees planted around plots to recreate native ecosystem and encourage biodiversity. **Wines** (2 in stock, 5 total): - ○ **Aizawa Nouen, 'A-danza Frizzante' (2023)** — 2023 · Rosé · Kiyomai, Yamasachi · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/a-danza-frizzante-1 - ○ **A-danza Frizzante** — 2023 · Rose · 79% Kiyomai 21% Yamasachi · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aizawa-nouen-a-danza-frizzante-2023 - ✓ **A-danza Frizzante** — 2024 · Red · Blend (Kiyomai / Yamasachi) · 11% From the Aizawa family's pioneering organic estate in Tokachi, Hokkaido — the region's first new winery in more than half a century — this dry rosé frizzante is built on cold-hardy indigenous Yamasachi and Kiyomai. Wild-fermented and bottled unfined with no added SO2, it shows a pale garnet hue, fine soft bubbles, subtle floral and ripe-plum aromatics, and a bright, gently savory finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aizawa-nouen-a-danza-frizzante - ✓ **Sachiroze** — 2024 · Rose · Yamasachi · 11% Built on Yamasachi — an OIV-registered Japanese cross bred to survive Hokkaido winters below −30°C — this is a wild-fermented, low-SO2 rosé from Aizawa Nouen's organic Tokachi estate. Sweet berry and black-tea aromatics lead into a juicy palate carried by fresh, well-balanced acidity. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aizawa-nouen-sachiroze - ○ **Aizawa Nouen, 'Sachiroze' (2023)** — 2023 · Rosé · Yamasachi · 10.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sachiroze-2 --- ### Coco Farm & Winery **Location:** Tochigi, Ashikaga, Japan **Founded:** 1958 **Hectares:** 6 **Key Varieties:** Muscat Bailey A, Riesling Lion, Petit Manseng, Norton, Tannat, Koshu, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Merlot, Zweigelt +10 **Website:** https://cocowine.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/coco-farm-winery Pioneering Japanese natural winery in Ashikaga producing 250,000 bottles annually from 100% Japanese grapes, founded in 1958 as a social enterprise employing people with intellectual disabilities on steep hand-farmed hillside vineyards. **Philosophy:** Rooted in founder Noboru Kawada's belief: 'Put all your strength into something that will ultimately disappear.' Residents of Kokoromi Gakuen work alongside staff on all viticulture tasks. Guided by minimal intervention: wild yeast fermentation, no chaptalization, minimal SO2, unfiltered bottling. American enologist Bruce Gutlove applies natural farming principles inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka. **Wines** (10 in stock, 26 total): - ✓ **Coco Pinot Gris (10R)** — 2023 · White · Pinot Gris · 12.3% Part of Coco Farm's acclaimed collaboration with Bruce Gutlove's 10R winery in Hokkaido, this is 100% Pinot Gris from Kimura and Nakagawa Farms in Yoichi. Whole-bunch pressed and wild-fermented in stainless steel tanks. Grapefruit, citrus and pear meet honey and dried hay, with fresh acidity and a gently toasty, faintly bitter finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-coco-pinot-gris-10r - ✓ **Kita no Novo Rose** — 2018 · Rose · Blend (Pinot Noir / Pinot Meunier) · 12.6% Coco Farm's traditional-method sparkling rosé, made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grown at Kimura Farm in Yoichi, Hokkaido. The base wine was made by Bruce Gutlove at 10R Winery and then transferred to Coco Farm & Winery, where students from Kokoromi Gakuen carried out the rest of the process, including hand-riddling each bottle. Extended less aging brings a fine mousse and layer of toasty, nutty complexity alongside strawberry, raspberry, and apple notes. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-kita-no-novo-rose-2018 - ✓ **Koshu FOS** — 2023 · Orange · Koshu · 11% F.O.S. — 'Fermented On Skins' — was first made in 2004 to highlight the distinctive character of Koshu through skin fermentation. Inspired by wines encountered in Friuli, Jura, and Georgia, Coco Farm has continued to evolve F.O.S. through experimentation each vintage. The similarity between Koshu and Georgia's Rkatsiteli eventually led them to ferment the wine in custom-made Mashiko-yaki clay vessels from Tochigi. Bright amber in the glass, with persimmon, yellow peach and mandarin over black tea, clove and toast, with gently acidity, soft umami and a long, savory finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-koshu-fos - ✓ **Noumin Dry** — 2024 · White · Blend (Muller-Thurgau / Chardonnay) · 12.4% 'Noumin' (Farmer) is Coco Farm's honest everyday white, a wild-fermented dry wine from cool-climate grapes — a Germanic-leaning blend led by Müller-Thurgau and Kerner with Sauvignon Blanc and other varieties. Aromas of pear, cassis bud and lemongrass bring a fresh lift. On the palate, clean and dry, with gentle acidity and soft fruit. Herbs and citrus zest add a lively accent to the finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-noumin-dry - ✓ **Noumin Rosso** — 2024 · Red · Blend (Muscat Bailey A / Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon) · 11.8% The red in Coco Farm's approachable 'Noumin' range is a wild-fermented blend of Merlot, Muscat Bailey A, Cabernet Sauvignon and other varieties with a touch of carbonic maceration. Aromas of raspberry, strawberry and blueberry, with green pepper, and notes of licorice and cacao. Light, fresh and juicy, with very gentle tannins. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-noumin-rosso - ✓ **Coco Rose NV** — NV · Rose · 28% Merlot 13% Kerner 12% Chardonnay 11% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Muscat Bailey A 6% Petit Manseng 5% Shokoshi · 11.9% Coco Farm & Winery sits on Jurassic-bedrock hillsides in Ashikaga, Tochigi, with average vineyard slopes of 38 degrees (up to 45) that force every operation by hand. The estate began in 1958 as a vineyard tended by students of the Kokoromi Gakuen welfare facility under teacher Noboru Kawada; the winery license came in 1984 and the social mission still runs through every step of farm and cellar. Coco Rose is the house non-vintage rosé, a pale, savory blend pulling from across the estate's planting (Merlot, Kerner, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscat Bailey A, Petit Manseng and Shokoshi). All grapes are 100% Japan-grown; no herbicides or chemical fertilizers in the vineyards; native yeast in the cellar. The result is a versatile Japanese rosé with quiet acidity, a touch of grip, and a register more Mediterranean than blush. 11.9% alcohol. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-coco-rose-nv - ✓ **Kita no NOVO Blanc de Blancs** — 2017 · White · 100% Chardonnay · 11.8% Kita no NOVO Blanc de Blancs is Coco Farm's flagship traditional-method sparkling wine, 100% Chardonnay drawn from estate plots in Ashikaga (Tochigi) and contract vineyards further north. The 2017 release is a brut bottling, fermented with native yeast and finished in the underground barrel cellar carved into the hillside above the winery. Coco Farm's slopes sit on Jurassic bedrock (clastic rocks, chert and basalt under shallow loam) at 50 to 200 meters, with 38-degree average vineyard inclines that demand every step be done by hand. The social mission of Kokoromi Gakuen, founded in 1969, runs through the operation, with residents working alongside permanent staff. 11.8% gives a low-alcohol, high-acid sparkling wine with a saline-citrus profile and the precision Coco Farm draws out of Japanese Chardonnay. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-kita-no-novo-blanc-de-blancs-2017 - ○ **Kita no NOVQ Blanc de Blancs** — 2017 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-kita-no-novq-blanc-de-blancs-2017-750ml-x-12 - ○ **Kita novo Rose** — 2017 · Rose · 76% Pinot Noir 22% Pinot Meunier 2% Zweigelt · 12.6% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-kita-novo-rose-2017 - ○ **Mixed Samples** https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-mixed-samples-750ml-x-12 - ○ **Noumin dry** — 2023 · White · 60% Muller-Thurgau 18% Kerner 11% Bacchus 6% Sauvignon Blanc 5% Silvaner · 12.3% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-noumin-dry-2023 - ○ **Noumin Rosso** — 2022 · Red · 33% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot 21% Muscat Bailey A 7% Dornfelder 6% Koshu 2% Cabernet Franc 1% Syrah · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-noumin-rosso-2022 - ○ **Our Coco Pétillant NV** — NV · Orange · 35% Koshu 34% Kerner 8% Dornfelder 7% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Muscat Bailey A 3% Chardonnay 3% Merlot 3% Others 2% Cabernet Franc · 11.3% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-our-coco-petillant-nv - ✓ **Pinoroze** — 2022 · Rose · 98% Pinot Noir 2% Zweigelt · 11.7% Pinot Noir from Kimura Farm and Zweigelt from Konishi Farm in Yoichi, Hokkaido. Carbonic Maceration takes place for 6 weeks. Fermentation in Stainless steel (50%), French oak (25%) and Cement tank (25%) with wild yeast at 10R winery. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-pinoroze-2022 - ✓ **Pinot Noir** — 2022 · Red · 100% Pinot Noir · 14% Coco Farm & Winery sits on Jurassic-bedrock hillsides in Ashikaga, Tochigi, with average vineyard slopes of 38 degrees that force every operation by hand. The estate began in 1958 as a vineyard tended by students of the Kokoromi Gakuen welfare facility under teacher Noboru Kawada; the social mission still runs through every step of farm and cellar today. The Pinot Noir is sourced from estate plots where ripening pushes hard in the Tochigi summer, and the 14% alcohol on this 2022 release reflects the climate rather than any cellar push. Wild-yeast fermentation, no herbicides or chemical fertilizers in the vineyards, all hand-work given the slope. Underground barrel cellar carved into the hillside for élevage. The result is a dense, sun-warmed Japanese Pinot Noir with genuine grip, closer to a Carneros or southern-Burgundy register than a cool-climate one. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-pinot-noir-2022 - ○ **Sakura Rose NV** — NV · Rose · 28% Merlot 20% Others 13% Kerner 12% Chardonnay 11% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Muscat Bailey A 6% Petit Manseng · 11.9% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-sakura-rose-nv - ○ **Yama No Kantata** — 2022 · White · 100% Petit Manseng · 13.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-yama-no-kantata-2022 - ○ **Yama No Petillant** — 2023 · White · 94% Petit Manseng 6% Chardonnay · 13% Yama no Petillant is Coco Farm's hillside pet-nat, built around Petit Manseng (94%) with a touch of Chardonnay (6%). Petit Manseng is unusual in Japan, prized here for its naturally high acidity and ability to handle Tochigi's wet harvest season. The wine is finished as an ancestral-method sparkling, bottled before fermentation completes so that the residual CO2 carries through to the glass; the result is gentle effervescence rather than full mousse. Wild-yeast fermentation, 100% Japan-grown grapes, no herbicides or chemical fertilizers in the vineyards. The estate's Jurassic-bedrock slopes (clastic rocks, chert and basalt under shallow loam, vineyards at 50 to 200 meters) sit at average inclines of 38 degrees and require all hand-work. A bright, stone-fruit-toned bottle for sommeliers wanting Japanese pet-nat with proper backbone. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-yama-no-petillant-2023 - ○ **Zweigelt Coco10R Series** — 2019 · Red · 100% Zweigelt · 12.4% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-winery-zweigelt-coco10r-series-2019 - ✓ **Zweigelt (10R)** — 2022 · Red · Zweigelt · 12.1% From the 10R collaboration with Bruce Gutlove in Hokkaido, a 100% Zweigelt grown in Yoichi and wild-fermented in the cool north. Aromas of cassis and black cherry. Complex and layered with cinnamon, licorice and oak. Soft mouthfeel with fruit, umami and velvety tannins. Medium-bodied and well-structured, with the peppery nuance characteristic of Hokkaido Zweigelt. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/coco-farm-zweigelt-10r - ○ **Coco Farm & Winery, 'Kerner Siesta' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Kerner, Silvana · 12.1% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/kerner-siesta-63 - ○ **Coco Farm & Winery, 'Kumo No Jikan' (2022)** — 2022 · White · Sauvignon Blanc, Gewurtztraminer, Chardonnay · 12.6% CCF2202 | Coco Farm & Winery, 'Kumo No Jikan' (2022) - 750mL x 12 [こころみシリーズ 2022雲の時間] https://www.d-i.wine/wines/kumo-no-jikan-64 - ○ **Coco Farm & Winery, 'Our Coco Pétillant' (NV)** — NV · Orange · Koshu, Kerner, Dornfelder, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscat Baily A, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, other · 11.3% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/our-coco-petillant-65 - ○ **Coco Farm & Winery, 'Pinoroze' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Pinot Noir · 11.8% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pinoroze-66 - ○ **Coco Farm & Winery, 'Pinot Noir' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Pinot Noir · 14% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pinot-noir-67 - ○ **Coco Farm & Winery, 'Zweigelt Coco10R Series' (2019)** — 2019 · Red · Zweigelt · 12.4% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/zweigelt-coco10r-series-68 --- ### Domaine Hase **Location:** Nagano, Chikumagawa Valley, Japan **Founded:** 2017 **Hectares:** 5 **Key Varieties:** Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Muscat Bailey A, Riesling, Kerner, Gewürztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc and other varieties (30 in total) **Website:** https://domainehase-hikarufarm.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-hase Domaine Hase (Hikaru Farm) is a family-run natural winery founded in 2017 by Mitsuhiro Hase in the Fukuihara district of Takayama Village, Nagano, Japan, producing terroir-driven, low-intervention wines from organically farmed, field-blended vineyards at 800–850 meters altitude. **Philosophy:** Domaine Hase's guiding ethos is that 'great wine comes from the landscape' (美味しいワインは風景から). Mitsuhiro believes only grapes with high potential — those that genuinely match and reflect their terroir — can yield wines that resonate without chaptalization, acidification, or other interventions. Fermentation relies exclusively on wild yeasts with minimal SO₂ (15–40 ppm) only at bottling. The aim is to produce 'simple wines' that maximize the natural power of the grapes and resonate with the heart the same way the sweeping landscape of Fukuihara does. **Wines** (2 in stock, 5 total): - ✓ **Clairet** — NV · Red · Blend (Chardonnay / Muscat Bailey A / Pinot Noir / Cabernet Franc) · 11% From Mitsuhiro Hase's small organic estate in Fukuihara, high in Nagano's Chikumagawa Valley, this multi-vintage 'Fukuihara Claret' is a dark rosé / light red blend of wild-fermented Chardonnay, Muscat Bailey A, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. Pomegranate on the nose leads into a striking, savory tomato-umami character and a whisper of salinity — remarkably smooth, and made for the table (think Neapolitan pizza). https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-hase-clairet - ○ **Fukuihara clairet NV** — NV · Rose · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-hase-fukuihara-clairet-nv - ○ **Fukuihara rouge pfZ** — 2023 · Red · Pinot Noir Muscat Bailey A Gamay Zweigelt · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-hase-fukuihara-rouge-pfz-2023 - ✓ **Hikaru Blanc** — 2023 · White · Chardonnay Riesling Kerner Gewurztraminer Sauvignon Blanc · 11.5% Mitsuhiro Hase quit a 20-year career at a Japanese record label in 2015, studied at Arc-en-Vigne (Japan's first private wine academy), and founded Hikaru Farm / Domaine Hase in 2017 in Takayama Village, Nagano. The estate sits at 800 to 850 meters on volcanic Andosol soils (70 to 80 cm of black humus over volcanic ash), with vines on east-facing slopes for the Burgundian varieties and north-west slopes for the German ones. Hikaru Blanc is the field-blend white, co-fermenting the full set of planted whites (Chardonnay, Riesling, Kerner, Gewurztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc) so that natural balance comes from the vineyard rather than the cellar. No added sugar or acid, native yeasts, minimal SO2 at fermentation only. 11.5% alcohol; high-altitude, brisk, characterful Nagano white. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-hase-hikaru-blanc-2023 - ○ **Domaine Hase, 'Fukuihara clairet' (NV)** — NV · Rosé · Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Muscat Bailey A, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon · 11% This multi-vintage wine blends Chardonnay from local contract farmers with estate-grown Pinot Noir, Muscat Bailey A, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon. The latter varieties are carefully aged in stainless steel and oak barrels to develop a balanced, approachable profile. Despite challenging weather in 2021, the harvest preserved vibrant acidity, resulting in a wine ready to enjoy upon release. Part of the FUKUIHARA series, these wines showcase the unique terroir of Fukuihara, reflecting the region’s natural beauty and relaxed spirit. Designed for everyday enjoyment, the label features a playful pheasant, a symbol of the area’s wildlife and the balance between nature and cultivation. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fukuihara-clairet-133 --- ### Domaine Nakajima **Location:** Nagano, Tomi, Japan **Founded:** 2014 **Hectares:** 3 **Key Varieties:** Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, sauvignon Blanc, Savagnin, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Pinot Noir. **Website:** http://d-nakajima.jp **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-nakajima Family-run natural winery in the Chikumagawa Wine Valley, Tomi, Nagano. Founded 2014 by ex-systems engineer Yutaka Nakajima after training in the Loire, Baden, and at Coco Farm. Hand-farms 3 hectares of steep south-facing clay slopes at 850m elevation. Loire and Jura varieties. Wild yeast, minimal SO2. A few thousand bottles per year. **Philosophy:** Nakajima believes that grapes are resilient plants that produce their best wine when allowed to endure natural stresses from insects, disease, and drought rather than being sheltered from them. His approach centers on growing the best possible fruit with minimal intervention, then stepping back in the cellar: wild yeast fermentation, no additives, and only small sulfite additions at bottling. **Wines** (6 in stock, 14 total): - ○ **Cabernet Franc** — 2023 · Red · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-cabernet-franc-2023 - ✓ **Chardonnay** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay · 12.5% From Domaine Nakajima's newer, high-altitude Mido-district plantings in Tomi, Nagano, this wild-fermented Chardonnay is made with the estate's characteristic light touch. Elegant and mineral-driven rather than showy, with fine acid lift and real poise. 730 bottles produced. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-chardonnay-2024 - ✓ **Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc** — 2024 · White · Blend (Chenin Blanc / Sauvignon Blanc) · 10% A wild-fermented estate blend of Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc that reflects Yutaka Nakajima's Loire influence. Grown on hand-worked clay slopes in Tomi, Nagano. Aromas of guava, passion fruit, sage and fennel with honey and roasted almond. Acidity reminiscent of Japanese citrus carries kiwi and guava fruit, in a wine defined by its lively acidity. 580 bottles produced. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-chenin-blanc-sauvignon-blanc - ○ **Chenin & Sauv Blanc** — 2023 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-chenin-sauv-blanc-2023-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Chenin & Sauvignon Blanc** — 2023 · White · 74.5% Chenin Blanc 25.5% Sauvignon Blanc · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-chenin-sauvignon-blanc-2023 - ○ **Merlot** — 2023 · Red · 100% Merlot · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-merlot-2023 - ○ **Pétillant Blanc** — 2024 · White · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-petillant-blanc-2024 - ○ **Petillant Blanc** — 2024 https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-petillant-blanc-2024-750-ml-x-12 - ○ **Pétillant Rosé** — 2024 · Rose · 10% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-petillant-rose-2024 - ✓ **Petit Petit** — 2025 · White · Blend (Kyoho / Delaware) · 10% A playful pét-nat from Domaine Nakajima's Nagano estate, built largely on aromatic Shine Muscat. Gently sparkling and creamy, with the grape's signature muscat perfume, soft lactic notes and an almost sparkling-sake character. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-petit-petit-2025 - ✓ **Pinot Noir** — 2024 · Red · Pinot Noir · 11.5% Domaine Nakajima's first-ever Pinot Noir, from the estate's higher Mido-district vineyard in Tomi, Nagano, hand-worked and wild-fermented. An early, promising release in the translucent, low-intervention house style, with fresh plummy fruit and real potential to develop. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-pinot-noir-2024 - ✓ **Table Wine Blanc** — 2025 · White · Blend (Chenin Blanc / Sauvignon Blanc) · 10% Nakajima's easygoing everyday white, made from 100% Delaware grapes from Yamagata. Melon, golden kiwi, green apple and peach nectar, with a bright, crisp acidity. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-table-wine-blanc-2025 - ✓ **Table Wine Rouge** — 2025 · Red · Blend (Merlot / Cabernet Franc) · 10% 'Cuvée Ammonoidea' is Nakajima's everyday red, a blend of roughly 90% Kyoho with 10% estate wine (Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Franc), made using a ripasso technique. Ripe strawberry, prune and milk caramel on the nose, with Kyoho's plush fruit carrying bright red-fruit acidity and a savory finish — charming, but not too casual for the table. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-nakajima-table-wine-rouge-2025 - ○ **Domaine Nakajima, 'Petillant Rosé' (2023)** — 2023 · Rosé · Kyoho · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/petillant-rose-163 --- ### Domaine Tetta **Location:** Okayama, Niimi, Japan **Founded:** 2016 **Hectares:** 6.5 **Key Varieties:** Aki Queen, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot (20 varieties total) **Website:** https://tetta.jp/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/domaine-tetta Pioneering natural winery on a limestone karst plateau in Okayama, aging wild-yeast-fermented wines in disused mining tunnels to express the rare minerality of one of Japan's most distinctive terroirs. **Philosophy:** Every step from grape cultivation to bottling takes place on-site. The winery is rooted in regenerating abandoned agricultural land and expressing the terroir of Tetta through minimal-intervention winemaking. Wild yeast fermentation, gravity-flow handling instead of pumps, and no additives: the goal is to let the rare limestone soils and the character of each grape variety speak for themselves. Sulfites are kept to a trace amount, or zero depending on the cuvée, with no added sugars or acids. **Wines** (10 in stock, 27 total): - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Aki Queen' (2022)** — 2022 · Rosé · Aki Queen, Queen Nina, Bailey Alicante, Merlot, Steuben, Muscat Bailey A · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/aki-queen-164 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Blanc de Blancs Effervescent-Ⅰ' (2018)** — 2018 · White · Chardonnay After pressing the grapes whole bunch, it is slowly fermented with wild yeast in a stainless steel tank. Bottled in the middle of fermentation, 100% Chardonnay sparkling without dosage. A 19-month non-dosage Brut Nature from fermentation to release. Sparkling wine with creamy foam and gentle acidity and sweetness like nectar. Dark yellow with a slight orange tinge. Condensed taste with a high-ripe aroma such as yellow apple, yellow peach, pineapple and honey. A wine that feels the blessings of nature, filled with the flavor of fruits https://www.d-i.wine/wines/blanc-de-blancs-effervescent-168 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Bonbons Colorés' (2021)** — 2021 · Rosé · Aki Queen, Muscat Bailey A, Other · 11% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bonbons-colores-173 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Bonbons Colorés Rosé' (2019)** — 2019 · Rosé · Muscat Bailey A, Chardonnay https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bonbons-colores-rose-169 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Cabernert Franc Automne' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Cabernet Franc · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cabernert-franc-automne-174 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Chardonnay Origine' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Chardonnay & Chenin Blanc, Koshu, Sémillon, Auxerrois and Pinot Blanc · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chardonnay-origine-165 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Chardonnay Perlant' (2023)** — 2023 · White · Chardonnay & other · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/chardonnay-perlant-175 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Copain Blanc' (2022)** — 2022 · Orange · Chardonnay, Albariño, Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Kerner, Auxerrois, Viognier, Gewurtztraminer, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/copain-blanc-176 - ✓ **Aki Queen** — 2023 · Rose · 85% Aki Queen 7% Muscat Bailey A · 12% Domaine Tetta farms 6.5 hectares of vines on a limestone karst plateau at 400 to 600 meters in Niimi, Okayama. Its owner, Ryuta Takahashi, began reclaiming the land from abandoned farming in 2009, with the explicit goal of regenerating it through wine. The estate itself was completed in 2016. Aki Queen is a Japanese black-grape hybrid (a parent variety of Muscat Bailey A) that suits the Niimi limestone and altitude. The 2023 release is a rosé built around 85% Aki Queen and 7% Muscat Bailey A, vinified with native yeasts and aged in former limestone mining tunnels held year-round at 12 to 15°C and 80% humidity. 12% alcohol, no added sugar, no added acid. A distinctive rosé from one of Japan's most terroir-driven projects. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-aki-queen-2023 - ✓ **Cabernet Franc** — 2023 · Red · Cabernet Franc · 15% From Domaine Tetta's estate on a limestone karst plateau in Niimi, Okayama, this late-harvested, 100% Cabernet Franc — age of vines 6–12 years —is wild-fermented and barrel-influenced into a full-bodied, generous red. Deep ruby, with ripe red fruit, raspberry jam and cassis liqueur, a note of barrel-derived cocoa and a cool menthol lift over moderate, well-knit tannins. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-cabernet-franc-2023 - ✓ **Chardonnay d'or** — 2023 · White · Chardonnay · 15% 'd'Or' is Tetta's barrel-aged Chardonnay, made from golden, late-picked fruit on Okayama limestone, wild-fermented and given around five months in oak with minimal SO2. Pale gold, with concentrated honeyed-lemon, dried and tropical fruit and apricot confiture framed by elegant oak, dense fruit and a long, mineral, finely acidic finish. Remarkably well-balanced, with real potential for extended aging. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-chardonnay-d-or-2023 - ✓ **Chardonnay Perlant** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay · 12% A lightly sparkling 'Perlant' led by Chardonnay with a splash of Pinot Gris and aromatic varieties, whole-bunch pressed and bottle-conditioned on Tetta's limestone estate. Lychee, muscat, green apple and white peach lead a gently fizzy, aperitif-styled palate with clean acidity, subtle skin-contact texture and a mineral edge. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-chardonnay-perlant-2024 - ✓ **Chardonnay (unoaked)** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay · 12.5% Tetta's stainless, unoaked Chardonnay — wild-fermented and raised without barrel for a fresh, lively expression of the estate's limestone karst in Okayama. White peach, green apple and pear over pure fruit, balanced acidity and a long, clean finish; as the estate puts it, 'fresh, like freshly picked grapes.' https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-chardonnay-unoaked-2024 - ✓ **Merlot Perlant** — 2024 · Rose · Merlot · 12% A lightly sparkling rosé 'Perlant' of Merlot with a touch of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, whole-bunch pressed to juice and bottle-conditioned on Tetta's Okayama limestone — a rare style, and the estate's first attempt at a Merlot-based Perlant. Orange-tinged pink, with kirsch, passion fruit and grapefruit over wild white flowers, chalk and mineral notes, and a firm, gently tannic, gastronomic finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-merlot-perlant-2024 - ✓ **Muscat Bailey A** — 2023 · Red · 100% Muscat Bailey A · 12% Muscat Bailey A is the workhorse Japanese black grape, but at Domaine Tetta it receives the full estate treatment. The vines — 6.5 hectares on a limestone karst plateau at 400 to 600 meters in Niimi, Okayama — trace back to 2009, when owner Ryuta Takahashi founded Tetta with the explicit goal of regenerating abandoned farmland through wine. The Domaine Tetta winery itself was completed in 2016. The winemaking follows the same philosophy: a gravity-flow cellar, native-yeast fermentation, no added sugar or acid, and aging in former limestone mining tunnels held year-round at 12 to 15°C and 80% humidity. Grapes are hand-picked, extraction is restrained, and the wine finishes at 12% alcohol. The result is a precise, place-driven take on a grape better known for cheap supermarket bottlings: elegant and red-fruited, with cinnamon and caramel notes from the oak, light-bodied and long on the finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-muscat-bailey-a-2023 - ✓ **Pinot Gris** — 2024 · Orange · Pinot Gris · 12% An estate Pinot Gris made in a skin-contact, orange style on Tetta's limestone karst in Niimi, Okayama. The color of pale, orange-tinged black tea, aromas of apricot, dried fruit, mandarin peel and dried sweet potato, a dry palate, clean acidity and a mineral, skin-derived grip. Light-bodied, yet with a rich, brandy-and-cocoa warmth on the nose. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-pinot-gris-2024 - ✓ **Sauvignon Blanc** — 2024 · Orange · Sauvignon Blanc · 12.5% A skin-contact Sauvignon Blanc from Tetta's Okayama limestone estate, wild-fermented, barely filtered and left with a slight, natural cloudiness. Deep gold, with dried pineapple and mango, dried herbs and flowers, and a palate marked by bright acidity, with a lingering fruitiness on a distinctive, characterful finish quite unlike any other Sauvignon Blanc. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-sauvignon-blanc-2024 - ○ **Shine Muscat** — 2023 · White · 85% Shine Muscat 6% Sauvignon Blanc 5% Riesling 4% Chenin Blanc · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-shine-muscat-2023 - ✓ **Shine Muscat** — 2024 · White · Shine Muscat, Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Ogyoku · 11% Prized Shine Muscat — Okayama's celebrated aromatic table grape — vinified dry at Domaine Tetta with wild yeasts and a light touch. Muscat, pear and white-peach compote lead a delicate yet complex palate, its faint sweetness balanced by acidity and a whisper of tannin into a long, silky, nectar-like finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/domaine-tetta-shine-muscat-2024 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Le Noble ' (2018)** — 2018 · White · Chardonnnay Botrytized grapes of Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Franc https://www.d-i.wine/wines/le-noble-170 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Muscat Bailey A' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Muscat Bailey A, Bailey Alicante · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/muscat-bailey-a-177 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Muscat Bailey A' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Muscat Bailey A, Bailey Alicante Right before the harvest, we sorted fruits several times in the vineyard to remove diseased berries. So we were able to delay the harvest in the season and we were able to harvest grapes that were close to full ripeness. After destemming, only the berries were placed into open-top stainless steel tanks for 30 days maceration with punching down four times a day. After pressing with a balloon press, the wine was aged in barrels for approximately 8 months. The wine is bottled without adding sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/muscat-bailey-a-171 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Muscat Bailey A' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Muscat Bailey A · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/muscat-bailey-a-166 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Muscat Bailey A' (2022)** — 2022 · Red · Muscat Bailey A, Bailey Alicante · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/muscat-bailey-a-178 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Perlant Rosé ' (2020)** — 2020 · Rosé · Aki Queen, MBA, Queen Nina, Merlot, Steuben, Sunny Rouge, Benidaka, Ogyoku *Winemaking* Right before the harvest, we sorted fruits several times in the vineyard to remove diseased berries. So we were able to delay the harvest in the season and we were able to harvest grapes that were close to full ripeness. After destemming, only the berries were placed into open-top stainless steel tanks for 30 days maceration with punching down four times a day. After pressing with a balloon press, the wine was aged in barrels for approximately 8 months. The wine is bottled without adding sulfites. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/perlant-rose-172 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Pinot Gris Macéré' (2020)** — 2020 · Rosé · Pinot Gris & Other · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pinot-gris-macere-179 - ○ **Domaine Tetta, 'Shine Muscat' (2023)** — 2023 · White · Shine Muscat · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/shine-muscat-167 --- ### Due Punti **Location:** Hokkaido, Hokuto, Japan **Founded:** 2020 **Hectares:** 2 **Key Varieties:** Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Zweigelt, Merlot, Sauvignon Gris, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Savagnin, Sauvitage **Website:** https://en.due-punti-vineyards.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/due-punti Due Punti sits on a south-southwest slope above Hokuto, in Hokkaido's Oshima Peninsula — a strip of warm-current coastline at roughly the latitude of Rome, where Hakodate Mountain anchors the view and the Tsugaru Strait keeps the winters surprisingly mild. Founder Shinsuke Isaka came home to plant it in 2020 after a long apprenticeship abroad: a working-holiday year at Kusuda and Neudorf in New Zealand, sommelier shifts in London, two vintages in central Italy at Falesco, and three more as winemaker at Camel Farm in Yoichi. The estate's name — Italian for "two points" — names the pair of ideas he came back with: quality first, and a wide perspective. Two hectares of Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, and Zweigelt grow on andosol topsoil over hard, root-stopping clay — a soil profile Isaka calls one of the rarest in the wine world. The vines are kept low and untrellised so that Hokuto's deep winter snow can insulate them; in summer, every flower cap is blown off the bunches with compressed air to head off botrytis before it starts. The first wines from the new on-site cellar — built in 2023 — are quietly establishing Due Punti as one of the most thoughtful new addresses on Hokkaido's slowly emerging Pinot map. **Philosophy:** The winery's name — Italian for "two points" — names the two themes that guide every decision in the cellar and the vineyard: quality first, and a wide perspective. Founder Shinsuke Isaka came back to Japan after stints in New Zealand, London, and central Italy convinced him that great wine grows from places where the last weeks of the season run cool, and that no single tradition holds the whole answer. He chose Hokuto for its rare combination of warmth from the Tsugaru Strait, a south-southwest slope, and andosol topsoil over hard clay — a profile he believes is found in only one or two percent of the world's vineyard land. Farming is patient and labor-led. Vines are kept low and untrellised through winter so the snow can blanket and protect them; come summer, the entire vineyard is walked through with air compressors to blow off spent flower caps before botrytis can take hold. The acidic topsoil is corrected every other year with crushed scallop shell rather than imported amendments. Behind every detail sits the same question Isaka returns to: what kind of wine does this particular collaboration of soil, sea, and season actually want to make? --- ### Fattoria AL FIORE **Location:** Miyagi, Kawasaki, Japan **Founded:** 2015 **Hectares:** 1.8 **Key Varieties:** Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Malvasia, Koshu, Delaware, Muscat Bailey A, Steuben, +3 **Website:** https://www.fattoriaalfiore.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/fattoria-al-fiore Fattoria AL FIORE is a natural winery in Kawasaki Town, Miyagi Prefecture, founded in 2015 by Hirotaka and Reina Meguro at the foot of the Zao Mountains. Housed in a converted school gymnasium, they produce additive-free wines using wild yeast fermentation, gravity transfers, and amphora aging across two lines: estate-grown Fattoria AL FIORE and the cat-named NECO series. **Philosophy:** Fattoria AL FIORE treats grapes and wine "gently, the same way we treat our friends," guided by the principle "all things are gifts." Rather than pursuing a predetermined ideal, they taste each harvest before deciding how to vinify it, accepting the individuality of the grapes. All wines are fermented with wild yeast only, with no additives, sulfites, fining, or filtration. **Wines** (9 in stock, 12 total): - ○ **Fattoria AL FIORE, 'Anco' (2023)** — 2023 · Orange · Delaware · 12.5% Macerated version of Delaware, the most produced grape in our area. An oriental atmosphere you seek like squeezed mandarin, apricot, cinnamon and ginger. On 2023 vintage we worked on volatile acid for this cuvee. This little volatility allows this wine to get more muscular, but also complex character https://www.d-i.wine/wines/anco-214 - ○ **Fattoria AL FIORE, 'Bucci' (2023)** — 2023 · Red · Muscat Bailey A · 10.5% These years we come to realize that Muscat Bally A is truly so wonderful grape that we more likely take period of time to complete the winemaking. A taste of concentrated strawberry transitioning into wild, earthy, herbal finish, which is similar to that of Sicilian wines, such as fresh Frappato. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/bucci-215 - ✓ **Bucchi (MBA)** — 2024 · Red · Muscat Bailey A · 10.5% From Hirotaka Meguro's natural winery near the Zao mountains in Miyagi — famously revived on post-2011 farmland around a converted school gym — a wild-fermented, no-additive Muscat Bailey A red made in the estate's uncompromising house style. Concentrated fruit, bright acidity, rich umami — well-balanced, with aging potential. Aromas of blueberry, cassis, mint, hint of smoke and vanilla. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-bucchi-mba - ✓ **Cirol** — 2024 · White · Blend (Chardonnay / Delaware) · 10.5% A Neco-series still white from Fattoria al Fiore, blending Chardonnay with Delaware and native grapes, wild-fermented with no additives. Surprisingly substantial for its gentle alcohol, with a lemony, subtly floral character, an almond-tinged depth and a long drinking window — the winemaker pours it happily for days after opening. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-cirol - ✓ **Genchi** — 2024 · White · Blend (Niagara / Neo Muscat) · 10.5% A Neco-series white from Fattoria al Fiore built on Niagara and Neo Muscat, carbonic-fermented with no additives in the estate's natural style. Golden and gently reductive, with a savory, textural profile and a hint of tropical fruit. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-genchi - ✓ **Momo** — 2024 · Rose · Blend (Muscat Bailey A / Koshu) · 10.5% A Neco-series rosé from Fattoria al Fiore blending Muscat Bailey A with Koshu, wild-fermented with no additives near the Zao mountains in Miyagi. A light, savory pink in the estate's honest, low-intervention style. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-momo - ✓ **Nero (aged MBA)** — 2023 · Red · Muscat Bailey A · 10.2% An aged Muscat Bailey A from Fattoria al Fiore, wild-fermented with no additives and given time before release. A characterful natural red from one of Miyagi's most singular estates. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-nero-aged-mba - ✓ **OFB** — 2023 · Red · 41% Muscat Bailey A 35% Merlot 23% Chardonnay 1% Koshu · 11% Hirotaka and Reina Meguro started Fattoria AL FIORE in 2015 in Kawasaki Town, Miyagi, after Hirotaka closed the Italian restaurant of the same name he had run in Sendai for a decade. The winery occupies a converted school gymnasium at the foot of the Zao mountains. The 2.3-hectare vineyard sits on volcanic-ash soils with grass-cover cultivation; pomace compost matured for three years feeds the soil. OFB is a kitchen-sink red blend (41% Muscat Bailey A, 35% Merlot, 23% Chardonnay, 1% Koshu) co-fermented as a single tank, more in the spirit of Fattoria's experimental house style than a textbook bottling. Wild-yeast fermentation, no added SO2, élevage across stainless steel, neutral barrel and amphora as required. 11% alcohol; light, savory, gulpable. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-ofb-2023 - ✓ **Rosato** — 2024 · Rose · Blend (mixed native/table grapes) · 10.5% A Neco-series rosé from Fattoria al Fiore, wild-fermented from a field blend of native and table grapes with no additives and left unfiltered. A spritzy, high-energy natural pink for adventurous drinkers. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-rosato - ✓ **Sola** — 2024 · White · Delaware · 10.5% A Neco-series pét-nat white from Fattoria al Fiore, built on Delaware and bottled under crown cap with no additives. Straw-gold and lightly effervescent, with a touch of popcorn reduction, passion fruit and a lemonade-like freshness on the palate. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-sola - ✓ **Verde** — 2023 · Red · 100% Cabernet Sauvignon · 11% Verde is Fattoria AL FIORE's Cabernet Sauvignon bottling, sourced from the estate's 2.3 hectares of volcanic-ash soils at the foot of Miyagi's Zao mountains. Cabernet Sauvignon is unusual at this latitude in Japan; harvest-season rain is the chronic enemy, and the 11% alcohol on the 2023 release reflects an early pick rather than full physiological ripeness. Hirotaka and Reina Meguro work the vineyard with grass-cover cultivation and three-year-matured pomace compost; in the cellar there is nothing but wild-yeast fermentation and minimal handling, no added SO2, élevage across stainless steel and amphora as required. The result is a light, almost Cabernet-Franc-feeling Japanese Cabernet, savory and herbal, built for the table rather than for the cellar. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/fattoria-al-fiore-verde-2023 - ○ **Fattoria AL FIORE, 'momo' (2023)** — 2023 · Rosé · Muscat Bailey A, Seibel 9110 · 10.5% This fizzy wine symbolizes bright and a little naughty characteristics in our winery. The red grape Muscat Bally builds its structure just as enough as it creates strawberry fruitiness, and also white grapes gives more tropical flavor and vibrant acidity. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/momo-216 --- ### Hamada Vineyard **Location:** Hokkaido, Mikasa, Japan **Founded:** 2015 **Hectares:** 5 **Key Varieties:** Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Bacchus, Pinot Noir, plus Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, Kerner, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Zweigelt **Website:** https://hamadavineyard.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/hamada-vineyard Hamada Vineyard sits on the snow-heavy hills of Tatsuppu in Mikasa, a former coal town in Hokkaido's Sorachi valley that has become one of Japan's most serious cold-climate wine zones. Its founder reached the slope by an unlikely road. Hirofumi Hamada spent thirty-two years as a cancer researcher — a University of Tokyo-trained physician who led a molecular-biology therapy division at thirty-five and held professorships in Sapporo and Tokyo — before leaving the laboratory at fifty-six to grow grapes. He studied farming in Sapporo, took up Mikasa's offer of land to new growers, and planted his first vines in 2015. The estate is a three-person family operation: Hamada, his wife Kyoko, also a doctor, and their son Reo, who now runs the vineyard and carries the label forward. Roughly five hectares are planted to Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Bacchus and Pinot Noir on a hilltop of wide day-night temperature swings and deep winter snow. Fruit is hand-sorted at harvest and, since 2021, vinified in the family's own cellar, Levande Tapcorine. The barrel-fermented Chardonnay, built around bright northern acidity, is the wine they consider their signature. First vintage was 2018; the bottles reaching us are the 2024s, made after a record harvest that followed two hard years of disease and bird damage the family met by adapting rather than retreating. **Philosophy:** A scientist's precision applied to a farmer's patience. Hamada's stated aim is wine for small celebrations and everyday special occasions, bottles that in his words bring back the land, the scenery and the people behind them. The method is empirical rather than dogmatic: good grapes make good wine, so the work lives in the vineyard and at the sorting table. The estate is not certified organic or natural, and the family is candid about learning by doing. When disease cut the 2022 crop to a fraction and birds devastated 2023, they revised their growing and installed netting rather than reaching for easy fixes, and 2024 rewarded them with their best harvest yet. The handover to son Reo is already underway, keeping the vineyard a small, hands-on family concern on the Sorachi wine road. **Wines** (2 in stock, 2 total): - ✓ **Chardonnay** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay · 12.5% A small-production Japanese Chardonnay from Hamada Vineyard. Full and expansive on the nose, with citrus and pineapple. The palate echoes that concentrated citrus character, but comes across soft and lush, showing real weight and a sense of maturity for a 2024 vintage. The finish is generous too, and this should pair easily with dishes that let a range of ingredients shine. This 2024 Chardonnay feels like a true expression of what Hamada Vineyard is aiming for — pure flavor, aromatic lift, and a long, rich finish. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/hamada-vineyard-chardonnay-2024 - ✓ **Sauvignon Blanc** — 2024 · White · Sauvignon Blanc · 12.5% A small-production Japanese Sauvignon Blanc from Hamada Vineyard. Crisp, youthful, and fragrant on the nose, with notes of apple and apricot. Left on the vine into late autumn in Hokkaido to reach full ripeness, this Sauvignon Blanc is rich yet lifted by vibrant acidity — revealing a different side with every taste. This vintage will have real aging potential. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/hamada-vineyard-sauvignon-blanc-2024 --- ### Niseko Winery **Location:** Hokkaido, Niseko Town, Japan **Founded:** 2016 **Hectares:** 4.5 **Key Varieties:** Pinot Noir, Chardonnay **Website:** http://yoteigreenbusiness.com/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/niseko-winery Niseko Winery is Hokkaido's sole certified-organic sparkling wine producer, located at the foot of Mount Yotei. Founded in 2016 by former international banker Yasunori Homma, the 4.5-hectare estate grows 10 Vinifera varieties using JAS-certified organic methods and produces Methode Traditionnelle sparkling wines — the first 100% Vinifera organic sparkling wines in Japan. **Philosophy:** Homma's approach is to work with — not against — Niseko's extreme conditions. After years spent on still wine, he turned to sparkling wine, recognizing that the region's naturally high acidity, long seen as a limitation, was in fact an asset for traditional-method sparkling production. Homma sees the winery as an extension of the Niseko brand beyond skiing: a way for visitors to experience the region through all five senses. **Wines** (1 in stock, 5 total): - ✓ **Organic Special Cuvee** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc, Kerner, Müller-Thurgau · 12.5% A JAS-organic, méthode-traditionnelle sparkling from Niseko Winery in Hokkaido, blending Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc, and a small portion of kerner and Müller-Thurgau with 18 months on the lees. Fresh and precise, with green apple, citrus and a touch of white floral in place of heavier brioche notes — a well-made, delicate fizz. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/niseko-winery-organic-special-cuvee-2024 - ○ **Special cuvée** — 2020 · White · 12.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/niseko-winery-special-cuvee-2020 - ○ **Special cuvée HALF BOTTLE 2020 375 ml** — 2020 · White · 13% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/niseko-winery-special-cuvee-half-bottle-2020-375-ml - ○ **Niseko Winery, 'Special cuvée' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Mullertragau, Kerner, Gewürztraminer · 12.5% This is a very delicate wine with a rich aroma, elegant and refreshing green apple scent and the ability to taste the beautiful produce. The sediment (yeast residue after fermentation) that was generated during the secondary fermentation in the bottle for about 15 months was collected at the top of the bottle by remiage (a process known as moving the bottle, in which the bottle is rotated by 1/4 increments twice a day for one month), and then completely removed by disgorging (removing the sediment), which involves freezing the collected sediment and spraying it out. The clear, fine bubbles last for a long time. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/special-cuvee-405 - ○ **Niseko Winery, 'Special cuvée HALF BOTTLE' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Mullertragau, Kerner, Gewürztraminer · 12.5% This is a very delicate wine with a rich aroma, elegant and refreshing green apple scent and the ability to taste the beautiful produce. The sediment (yeast residue after fermentation) that was generated during the secondary fermentation in the bottle for about 15 months was collected at the top of the bottle by remiage (a process known as moving the bottle, in which the bottle is rotated by 1/4 increments twice a day for one month), and then completely removed by disgorging (removing the sediment), which involves freezing the collected sediment and spraying it out. The clear, fine bubbles last for a long time. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/special-cuvee-half-bottle-406 --- ### No. 505 Hiroshima Winery **Location:** Hiroshima, Mihara, Japan **Founded:** 2024 **Hectares:** 1 **Key Varieties:** Shine Muscat, Delaware, Aki Queen, Tenshu, Fujiminori, Takatsuma, Queen Nina, Pione, Black Beat, Niagara **Website:** https://www.no505hiroshimawinery.com/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/no-505-hiroshima Hiroshima's first dedicated natural-wine winery, no.505 was opened on May 5, 2024 by Shingo Otō, a former Tokyo fashion-event director who'd been pouring natural wine at his Tokyo shop no.501 since December 2016. The name comes from biodynamics: no.505 is the preparation of oak bark packed in a cow's skull, and the shop takes its number from the same series. The winery opened on 5 May to match. The estate sits at 420 meters on a plateau in Mihara's Yamato-cho, fifteen minutes from Hiroshima Airport, on family land Otō began experimenting with grapes nearly a decade before bottling here. Head winemaker Toshihide Arai joined from a cellar in neighboring Okayama; production manager Mayumi Yuguchi came west with the project from the Tokyo shop. What sets no.505 apart isn't only that it's the prefecture's first natural cellar — it's the choice of fruit. Otō and Arai work mostly with Japanese table-grape varieties (Shine Muscat, Delaware, Aki Queen, Tenshu, Fujiminori, Pione, Niagara) farmed without chemicals, hand-picked berry by berry by ripeness, and fermented only on wild yeast with no added SO2. The wines are bottled under names that read like postcards from a Hiroshima living room — Blue Pickup Truck, Yes Backflip, Terrible-Twos Phase, Midori-chan, the dialect particle Jaro — and the project's whole reason for being, in Otō's telling, is to make natural wine feel less reverent and more reachable. In November 2024 no.505 was the only Japanese exhibitor at RAW WINE in New York and Toronto. **Philosophy:** The concept is 生きるワイン — "living wine" — wine that continues to live in the bottle. Founder Shingo Otō opened the Shibuya natural-wine shop no.501 in 2016, and the Hiroshima winery is its child: a place to translate the energy of Tokyo's natural-wine bar scene into estate production. The stated mission is to make natural wine more approachable in Japan — fruit-forward, easy-drinking bottles instead of demanding cuvées — and to bring that voice to a region with no other natural-wine cellar. What grounds the philosophy is the choice of fruit. Most Japanese natural producers work with hybrids or imported wine grapes. no.505 leans the other way, into Japan's table-grape tradition — Shine Muscat, Delaware, Aki Queen — and reads them as winemaking material rather than dessert. The vineyard is grass-covered, hand-worked, and dry-farmed; the cellar uses only wild yeast and no added SO2; the labels are in Hiroshima dialect because that's where the conversation is happening. **Wines** (3 in stock, 3 total): - ✓ **Can you reach them? Unreachable** — 2023 · Rose · Blend (Aki Queen / Black Beat / Tenshu) · 9.5% From No.505, Hiroshima's first natural winery — a sparkling rosé blend of Aki Queen, Black Beat and Tenshu, made in a playful, expressive style. A characterful pét-nat-style pink from a cellar that opened in May 2024. Aromas of fresh grapes with violet notes. Flavors of strawberry and berry. It captures the winery's philosophy perfectly: "Are you talking about good wine?" "Tawan, tawan." "Tawan is fine, as long as it's good." In Hiroshima dialect, "tau" means "to reach," and "tawan" means "not to reach." Express yourself without worrying about what others think, and you will be happy. Live true to your thoughts and your heart. It is important to enjoy the happiness you have now. Life is not something to compare, each has its own "goodness." Find the "goodness" of this wine. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/no-505-hiroshima-can-you-reach-them-unreachable-2023 - ✓ **Dad** — 2023 · Red · Blend (Black Beat / Fujiminori / Pione) · 10.5% 'Dad.' (お父さん) is a No.505 collaboration with Fattoria al Fiore in Miyagi, a carbonic-fermented red blend of Black Beat, Fujiminori and Pione. Perfumed and lively, with violets, black cherry, peony and a touch of sandalwood over a sappy, natural-red frame. Cherry-like acidity and sweetness with light tannins make it easy to drink. ・He is truly happy when something good happens ・He gives advice as a senior in life ・He helps me at all times I want to see your happy face — a "dependable presence," my father. He teaches me right from wrong, not with words, but through action — and that's where real independence comes from. This is a wine to drink with such a father. Never forget how precious this limited time together truly is. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/no-505-hiroshima-dad-2023 - ✓ **Midori-chan** — 2024 · Red · Muscat Bailey A · 10% A characterful bottling from No.505, Hiroshima's first natural winery, made in the estate's expressive, low-intervention style — a fun, personality-driven wine from a producer to watch. Aromas of strawberry jam and dried figs, layered with woody notes. Gentle acidity carries flavors of pomegranate, gooseberry, red cherry and rosehip, with a toasty, earthy, woody finish that lingers. Smooth and easy to drink. Meet "Midori-chan," born from an encounter with a girl. This wine is made using grapes carefully cultivated at a disability support facility in Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The wine comes without a label, but with a letter. "Delivering Feelings, Letter Wine" This letter is from a facility user who grows the grapes. After enjoying the wine, please write down your thoughts or any feelings you'd like to share on the letter — we'll make sure it reaches the facility. When the facility users read the letter you wrote, mutual understanding will grow, fostering a rich sensitivity. Furthermore, as your feelings reach them, the facility users will pour even more love into their grape cultivation, and we firmly believe this will lead to the creation of truly delicious wine. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/no-505-hiroshima-midori-chan-2024 --- ### Tada Wine **Location:** Hokkaido, Kamifurano, Japan **Founded:** 2016 **Hectares:** 4 **Key Varieties:** Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Merlot, Bacchus, Mueller-Thurgau, Cabernet Sauvignon **Website:** https://ninjin-koubou.com/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/tada-wine Third-generation Hokkaido farm (est. 1901) turned natural winery. Owner Shigeo Tada planted the first vines in 2007 and built the winery in 2016. Known for wild yeast fermentation, zero herbicides/chemical fertilizers, goat-managed vineyards, and unfiltered minimal-sulfite wines. Located in the extreme climate of the Furano Basin where winter temperatures reach -30C. Also produces estate cider and operates a farm-stay pension and cafe. **Philosophy:** Tada Winery is committed to wild yeast fermentation as the cornerstone of its winemaking. The farm uses zero herbicides and zero chemical fertilizers, with goats grazing vineyard rows naturally. Wines are fermented with indigenous wild yeast, producing slower but more terroir-expressive fermentations. Most wines are bottled unfiltered with minimal SO2. **Wines** (4 in stock, 6 total): - ○ **Chardonnay** — 2022 · White · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tada-wine-chardonnay-2022 - ○ **Chardonnay Orange** — 2023 · Orange · 11.5% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tada-wine-chardonnay-orange-2023 - ✓ **Chardonnay** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay · 12% A 100% estate Chardonnay grown on Tada's own farm in Furano, Hokkaido, wild-fermented and unfiltered yet remarkably clean, with SO2 only at bottling. Good nose, elegant and mineral-driven with fine acid lift — the standout of the estate's range. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tada-winery-2024-chardonnay - ✓ **Chardonnay Petillant** — 2024 · White · Chardonnay · 12% A lightly sparkling Chardonnay from Tada's estate farm in Furano, Hokkaido, wild-fermented and unfiltered but notably clean and fault-free. Gently effervescent, medium-bodied and balanced, with a subtle bitter-mineral finish — it drinks beautifully as a still white, too. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tada-winery-chardonnay-petillant - ✓ **Muller Thurgau Orange Sans Soufre** — 2024 · Orange · Müller-Thurgau · 11% A 100% Müller-Thurgau made in a skin-contact orange style at Tada Winery in Furano, Hokkaido, part of the estate's additive-free 'Sans Soufre' line. A textural, characterful natural white. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tada-winery-muller-thurgau-orange-sans-soufre - ✓ **Pinot Noir** — 2024 · Red · Pinot Noir · 11.5% An estate Pinot Noir from Tada Winery in Furano, Hokkaido, wild-fermented with minimal SO2 in the additive-lean house style. Deeper-hued than its gentle alcohol suggests, with plummy fruit and an easy, drink-now appeal. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tada-winery-pinot-noir --- ### Torocco Winery **Location:** Hokkaido, Hokuto, Japan **Founded:** 2021 **Hectares:** 4.5 **Key Varieties:** Niagara (estate, 30-yr vines), Gewürztraminer, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Zweigelt, Gamay, Savagnin, Sauvignon Blanc, plus Acolon and Kerner from Yoichi-purchased fruit **Website:** https://toroccostore.com/ **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/torocco-winery Torocco Winery sits on a south-facing slope of Mt. Kannon in Hokuto, the small Oshima-peninsula city that looks across the bay toward Hakodate. Founded in 2021 by Sapporo chef Akihiro Nagao — the same hand behind the French restaurant Aki-Nagao — the project took over a long-tended cherry and prune orchard called FRONTIER, kept the thirty-year-old Niagara vines that came with it, and began the slow work of planting vinifera around them: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Gamay, Savagnin. Three hectares, ten varieties, and, because Hokkaido waits for nothing, plenty of wind. The cellar opened in September 2024; until then the early bottlings — pétillants of estate Niagara, plus Yoichi-sourced Acolon, Kerner and Pinot Noir — were made under contract at 10R in Iwamizawa, where low-intervention is the house language. The name is the giveaway. A torocco is the small mine-cart railway that quietly moves what matters from the slope to the kitchen, and Nagao and vineyard manager Sachiko Ishida have built the winery as exactly that: a slow, self-rooted line connecting the Hokuto land to the table, one bottle at a time. **Philosophy:** Self-rooted, nature-led growing — 自根栽培, ungrafted vines that find the site on their own terms. Low-intervention winemaking that lets the land's character speak through the grape rather than the cellar. The torocco — the small mine-cart railway — is the metaphor: a steady, slow line that moves what matters from the slope to the table, bottle by bottle. The estate occupies an old cherry-and-prune orchard called FRONTIER, kept on as a tourism farm alongside the wine grapes. Nagao splits his time between Sapporo, where he runs the French restaurant Aki-Nagao, and Hokuto. Vineyard manager Sachiko Ishida runs the day-to-day. The first proper estate-cellar wines are 2024 (pet-nat first, still wines following); the fully estate-grown "domaine" wines are projected for 2028–2029, once the youngest plantings come of age. **Wines** (1 in stock, 1 total): - ✓ **Pinot Noir** — 2024 · Red · Pinot Noir · 11.5% A small-production Japanese Pinot Noir from Torocco Winery, made in a natural, low-intervention style. An elegant, light- to medium-bodied expression with aromas of sour red cherry, wild raspberry, cranberry, and violet, layered with hints of white pepper, subtle clove, light toast, and a faint earthiness. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/torocco-winery-pinot-noir --- ## Spain ### Constantina Sotelo **Location:** Galicia, Spain **Tags:** Biodynamic, Grower-Producer, Independent Vignerons **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/constantina-sotelo Gallician natural winemaker Constantina Sotelo took over the family vineyards in 1985: free standing vines planted in 'the cradle of Albariño' the Salnés Valley a few meters from the Ría de Arousa. Constantina began making her own wine in 1999 and in 2010 was making her first natural wines with no interventions. She personally and manually oversees all steps in the farming and winemaking process, to ensure the least possible intervention and achieve honest and environmentally friendly viticulture under the protection of the lunar calendar. **Wines** (0 in stock, 12 total): - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, '80/20 Sin Mas' (2020, 2020)** — 2020, 2020 · Red · Espadeiro, Caiño Fresh, vibrant, with a sharp acidity, very aromatic and light memories of its aging on fine lees, fresh with a good mid palate. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/80-20-sin-mas-73 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, '80/20 Sin Mas ' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Espadeiro, Caiño Fresh, vibrant, with a sharp acidity, very aromatic and light memories of its aging on fine lees, fresh with a good mid palate. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/80-20-sin-mas-81 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Octopus' (2018)** — 2018 · Orange · Albariño Octopus is a skin-contact Albarino aged in amphora with no SO2 added. Macerated on its skins and stirred 3 times/day until spontaneous fermentation completion. Separated from its skins and aged in round clay amphora with continuous batonnage. Hand harvested from a family plot of 50-year trellised vines, 1km from the sea. No fining/filtering and no SO2 added (3 PPM total sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/octopus-74 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Octopus' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Albariño Octopus is a skin-contact Albarino aged in amphora with no SO2 added. Macerated on its skins and stirred 3 times/day until spontaneous fermentation completion. Separated from its skins and aged in round clay amphora with continuous batonnage. Hand harvested from a family plot of 50-year trellised vines, 1km from the sea. No fining/filtering and no SO2 added (3 PPM total sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/octopus-82 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Pio Pio' (2018)** — 2018 · White · Albariño Pío Pío is an orange Albarino wine with no SO2 added. Fermented and aged in oval concrete egg tanks with continuous battonage. Hand harvested from a family plot of 30-year old trellised Albariño vines 800m from the sea. 5-day maceration period until spontaneous fermentation. Bottled without fining/filtering, limited production of 1,000 bottles. No SO2 added (3 PPM total sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pio-pio-75 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Rias Baixas Aquelarre' (2018)** — 2018 · White · Albariño Aquelarre is a Pét-nat Albarino made with the ancestral method and no SO2 added. Disgorged by hand in April 2019 and limited production of 400 bottles. No SO2 added (8 PPM total sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rias-baixas-aquelarre-76 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Rías Baixas Brutal ' (NV)** — NV · Orange · Albariño The Brutal wine does not conform to any existing rule, following a totally unexpected path, and this is very brutal and we had to bottle it, with a nose that reminds us of vintage aromas in the cellar with a soft herbaceous breeze from the undergrowth of toxos and Fentos, an explosive mouth of salinity and with light reducing sugars and is enhanced in some bottles with a slight needle. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rias-baixas-brutal-77 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Rías Baixas Sauvage' (2019)** — 2019 · Orange · Albariño Sauvage is an orange Albarino with no SO2 added. Continuous maceration period from fermentation to bottling, fermented with native yeasts and stirred 3 times/day then transferred on the skins to amphora for further aging. Selected from a 50-year old trellised Albarino vineyard 1km from the sea. No fining/filtering and no SO2 added (no detectable sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rias-baixas-sauvage-78 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Rosalia' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Albariño Rosalía is a natural Albarino wine made from 30-year old vines with no SO2 added. The grapes are hand harvested and field sorted from a family vineyard located 1km from the Atlantic. Gently pressed and spontaneously fermented in steel tanks with indigienous yeasts and temperature control. Limited production of 2,666, bottled without fining/filtering (separated from its lees by decantation). No SO2 added (10 PPM total sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/rosalia-79 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Sauvage' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Albariño Sauvage is an orange Albarino with no SO2 added. Continuous maceration period from fermentation to bottling, fermented with native yeasts and stirred 3 times/day then transferred on the skins to amphora for further aging. Selected from a 50-year old trellised Albarino vineyard 1km from the sea. No fining/filtering and no SO2 added (no detectable sulfites) https://www.d-i.wine/wines/sauvage-83 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Volandeira' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Albariño Harvested from trellised vines located a stone's throw from the ocean and 2 meters above sea level. Light direct pressing, spontaneous fermentation in chestnut wood barrels without temperature control. Aged in wood on the lees and bottled unfined, unfiltered with no SO2 added (3 PPM total sulfites) Volandeira wine is a very unique wine, perhaps it could be defined as a rarity. It is a wine with a very floral nose, which reminds us of low mountains groomed by an ocean breeze. In the mouth an explosion of salinity, with a very deep minerality. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/volandeira-84 - ○ **Constantina Sotelo, 'Volandeira' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Albariño Harvested from trellised vines located a stone's throw from the ocean and 2 meters above sea level. Light direct pressing, spontaneous fermentation in chestnut wood barrels without temperature control. Aged in wood on the lees and bottled unfined, unfiltered with no SO2 added (3 PPM total sulfites) Volandeira wine is a very unique wine, perhaps it could be defined as a rarity. It is a wine with a very floral nose, which reminds us of low mountains groomed by an ocean breeze. In the mouth an explosion of salinity, with a very deep minerality. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/volandeira-80 --- ### Vinicola De Nulles **Location:** Catalunya, Alt Camp, Tarragona, Spain **Founded:** 1917 **Hectares:** 400 **Key Varieties:** Macabeu, Xarel·lo, Parellada, Moscatell, Chardonnay, Ull de Llebre, Merlot, Xarel·lo Vermell **Website:** https://www.adernats.com **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/vinicola-de-nulles A cooperative of nearly 100 vine growers in Nulles, Catalunya, working from a stunning 1917 Modernista "Cathedral of Wine" designed by Cèsar Martinell. Organic certified, with zero or minimal added SO2 additions. Their Adernats bottlings — still wines and cavas — are affordable expressions of Mediterranean terroir shaped by generations of viticultural tradition. **Philosophy:** Rooted in the cooperative principle that the vineyard is the foundation of their craft. Their guiding ethos: "Loving and being passionate about the land are the essence of thorough work." Under the Adernats brand, they pursue quality through proper vineyard work, organic certification, no dosage sparkling wines, and minimal SO2 additions — expressing the terroir of this millennial wine region. **Wines** (5 in stock, 6 total): - ✓ **Adernats Ancestral Maccabeu** — NV · White · Macabeo · 10.6% A pétillant naturel (ancestral method) sparkling from Vinicola de Nulles. Made from 100% organically farmed Macabeo, this lightly effervescent natural wine captures the vibrant fruit and mineral character of Catalunya's Alt Camp region. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-adernats-ancestral-maccabeu-nv - ✓ **Adernats Cava Brut Nature** — NV · White · Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada · 11.5% One of our best-selling sparkling wines and a sommelier favorite for by-the-glass programs across New York City. Adernats Cava Brut Nature is a traditional-method sparkling wine from Vinicola de Nulles in the Penedès region of Catalunya, Spain. Made from organically farmed Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada grapes — the classic Cava trilogy — this bone-dry Brut Nature sees zero dosage, letting the chalky minerality and bright citrus character shine through. At 11.5% ABV, it delivers exceptional quality at a price point that makes it one of the most compelling by-the-glass sparkling options on the market. Whether you are a restaurant seeking an affordable BTG sparkling, a wine bar looking for an organic crowd-pleaser, or a retailer stocking approachable Spanish bubbles, Adernats consistently over-delivers. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-cava-brut-nature-adernats-nv - ✓ **Adernats XC Cava Gran Reserva** — 2018 · White · 11.5% The prestige cuvée from Vinicola de Nulles. Adernats XC Gran Reserva Cava undergoes extended aging of at least 30 months on lees, developing rich brioche and toasted almond complexity while maintaining the crisp acidity and mineral backbone that defines this estate. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-cava-gran-reserva-adernats-xc-2018 - ✓ **Parabolic Red** — 2024 · Red · 80% Merlot 20% Tempranillo · 12.5% Vinícola de Nulles is the 1917-founded co-operative winery in Nulles (Tarragona, Catalunya), housed in a Modernist Cathedral-of-Wine building designed by Cèsar Martinell, a disciple of Antoni Gaudí. The co-op pulls fruit from 90 grower-members across roughly 400 hectares around the village. Parabolic is the organic-certified line, focused here on a Merlot (80%) and Tempranillo (20%) blend from member parcels in the DO Tarragona. Catalunya's interior climate gives Merlot more savory structure and Tempranillo more acidity than the same grapes deliver further south; 12.5% alcohol is on the restrained end. A useful organic Catalan red for trade accounts wanting Spain at an accessible price point with a producer story (the 1919 Modernist building is a tourism destination in its own right). https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-parabolic-red-2024 - ✓ **Parabolic White** — 2024 · White · 70% Macabeo 30% Xarel-lo · 10.5% Parabolic White is the organic-certified white in Vinícola de Nulles' Parabolic line, a Macabeo (70%) and Xarel-lo (30%) blend from member parcels around Nulles in DO Tarragona. The co-operative was founded in 1917 and has worked from a Cèsar Martinell-designed Modernist Cathedral-of-Wine building since 1919; 90 grower-members contribute fruit across roughly 400 hectares. Macabeo and Xarel-lo are the two workhorses of native Catalan whites and the backbone of Cava; vinified as a still wine here, the pair gives saline almond character (Xarel-lo) over a crisp, mid-weight backbone (Macabeo). 10.5% alcohol is unusually low and points to an early pick. A useful organic Catalan white for trade accounts wanting native varieties at a recognizable price point. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-parabolic-white-2024 - ○ **WCW NV** — NV · White · 12% https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vinicola-de-nulles-wcw-nv --- ## USA ### Aquila Cellars **Location:** Western Colorado, West Elks, USA **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/aquila-cellars At Aquila Cellars we are working with landowners in the Northfork Valley, through long-term lease agreements and consulting, to rehabilitate neglected and abandoned, own-rooted vineyards. We are dedicated to an ecological approach to sustainable agriculture that utilizes practices and preparations from the biodynamic school of farming, focusing on low-input agriculture, positive compounding actions and maximizing biodiversity. Over 99% of all vineyard inputs are handcrafted botanical teas and fermentations, made with herbs hand harvested throughout the valley. All of our fruit is handpicked primarily from calcareous clay soils and processed in our passive cellar constructed by Clement Fougnier in 1927. In the cellar, we craft wines that reflect our cool-climate terroir through spontaneous fermentations and minimal manipulation. Our goal is to make living, unfiltered wines that favor energy over power, freshness over richness. Our wines are uniquely Coloradan, grown at the highest elevations of North America and produced with highest vibrations. **Wines** (0 in stock, 8 total): - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'Barbera Deux Rats Evening Grace Vineyard West Elks' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Barbera https://www.d-i.wine/wines/barbera-deux-rats-evening-grace-vineyard-west-elks-24 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'Herald Of The Rising Sun' (2019)** — 2019 · White https://www.d-i.wine/wines/herald-of-the-rising-sun-25 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'Marcellina' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay https://www.d-i.wine/wines/marcellina-27 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'Marcellina' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay 50% Gewürztraminer 50% Pinot Gris zero/zero no SO2 added Native yeast/spontaneous, co-fermented for 20 days before gentle pressing; aged on gross lees for 11 months in neutral American oak. We are so excited to have an opportunity to make a wine that we love twice, which has been rare during the last 3 years of extreme bud damage. So we bring to you the 2nd vintage of Marcellina - our co-ferment/skin-contact of Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer. We pondered under the shadow of Marcellina many times this summer, where did she come from? Just like the mountain, this wine was given to us by the eternal blue sky, like it just fell into our glasses capturing the herbal and floral essence of this mountain scape. The second vintage of Marcellina includes a 50/50 blend of Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer with no Chardonnay in the blend as there was in 2019. The skin contact was increased to 20 days over 12 from 2019 and aging on the gross lees was equal to the previous vintage at 11 months. The final wine has much of the same character as the previous vintage but with a leaner pallet, more brightness and a bit more tannin. She dances in the sunlight begging you to take her but reveals her true self slowly, asking for your patience. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/marcellina-26 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, '¿Me Quieres? West Elks' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Blaufränkisch Blaufränkisch + Riesling Piquette +Local Alkaline Mountain Spring Water aged on Pinot Noir Lees. 37 cases produced Admittedly, we dove into this piquette project with little more than a naïve dream and a bin full of pressings. A winery of our size can’t house limitless glass, and with the insanity of harvest we missed the boat on bottling this wine as a pet-nat. When we discovered it was indeed dry, we tucked it away on some pinot lees and decided to let it evolve over the winter. We were pleased to find that it had grown into a lovely, light bodied still wine sitting at about 5% ABV - delicious over ice, perfect for hot summer evenings, perhaps poolside. This wine was made by separately rehydrating our Blaufränkisch and Riesling pressings, re- fermenting on native yeast, then blended together and aged on gross Pinot Noir lees for 6 months. Minimal SO2 added upon blending, 30 ppm, no SO2 at bottling. On the label: Dick Swift, lover of all things and many women, artist and scholar https://www.d-i.wine/wines/me-quieres-west-elks-23 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'Pinot Noir Eklektikos West Elks' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Pinot Noir 100% Pinot Noir Native yeast/spontaneous, 2 separate macerations: 30% WC + 100% WC. Aged on gross lees for 11 months in neutral French oak. 30ppm SO2 @ bottling 51cs produced, only 3 available for New York. We are very grateful to the vigneron of EclectAcres, Len Chmiel for his pioneering spirit and contributions to Colorado viticulture and for allowing us to the opportunity to work with the Pinot Noir from his vineyard that he so meticulously cares for. ElectAcres sits on the lower, western edge Sunshine Mesa and experiences excellent cold drainage from Jay Creek. There Len has planted 3/4 acres of 101-14 root stock and has experimented with many different vinifera grafts over the years which he places at 35’’ above the ground, a technique used to avoid cold damage but one that is rarely seen even in colder growing regions. Eklektikos is a wine of time, composed of 17 clones of Pinot Noir and a small percentage of Pinot Meunier and St. Laurent, it is a wine that tells the story of one man’s quest to collect viticulture knowledge from around the world and stuff it into his 3/4 acre plot and in the end pioneer a “New School” for Colorado vintners! Please don’t call it Burgundian because we don’t have the pocket books to understand such a term in this modern era. Please don’t call it lighter than Cali Pinot or more similar to Oregon Pinot or comparable to New Zealand...rather let us say this Pinot Noir is beautiful, uniquely Coloradan and a look into the future of Colorado wine. It is perhaps our most elegant and balanced Pinot yet and is a reflection of the terroir Len has manifested. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/pinot-noir-eklektikos-west-elks-28 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'Something For The Kids Dill Vineyard' (2020)** — 2020 · Orange · Riesling 100% Riesling Native yeast/spontaneous 1st Harvest foot stomped, 100% WC and left on skins for 5 days, 2nd Harvest foot stomped and co-fermented with 1st Harvest for 2 days before pressing into stainless tank. Aged sur lie for 10 months with periodic racking during cold temps for clarification. 30ppm SO2 @ bottling. 47 cases produced, only 7 cases available for New York! Dill Vineyard sits on top of Redlands Mesa at 6300’ amongst a sea of sagebrush and pasture. The vineyard consist of 3.5 acres of Riesling and is managed by Donald Shultz and family. The Shultz family took over the vineyard in 2018 and their 7 kids have all been working hard to restore the vineyard and the apple orchard on the property. So this wine is something from the the kids and something for the kids....when they are of age of course. This is an experimental skin-contact wine in which we co-fermented two separate harvests - an early harvest to extract the acid and citrus we wanted, and a late harvest to bring out the more oxidative petrols. We thought the wine was destined to be a pet-nat but after troubles with bottle stability we set it free to go dry in tank. The final result is a carbonic orange Riesling that hits you at the nose and reveals a tropical party of orange, pineapple, citrus and gives way to racy acids and perfumey petrols that lead you into the chalky tannins. It’s a fun wine on the surface but let it open up in glass and it will keep you guessing! https://www.d-i.wine/wines/something-for-the-kids-dill-vineyard-29 - ○ **Aquila Cellars, 'The Ouzel West Elks' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Barbera, Pinot Noir 50% Barbera and 50% Pinot Noir. Native yeast/spontaneous, separate macerations: Barbera 20% WC and Pinot Noir 50% WC Aged on fine lees for 11 months on neutral French oak and stainless steel. 47 cases made, only 1 case available for New York! An unlikely bird for an unlikely blend. The Ouzel is special hybrid, a song bird that uses an oil gland similar to a duck’s to swim and feed in high elevation rivers and streams. Here in the Gunnison Gorge they are happily abundant river fairies popping in and out the rapids, their calls echoing down the canyon walls. The Ouzel is a blend of Barbera from the historical Steve Rhodes vineyard in Hotchkiss, where the pioneer vigneron took a leap of faith with some Italian varietals, and Pinot Noir from the “new school” of Colorado viticulture, EclectAcres where vigneron Len Chmiel has devoted 3/4 of an acre to experimenting with over 25 varietals of cold-hardy vinifera. The Barbera gives the wine structure, brambly fruit and its definitive nose, while the pinot noir keeps it light on its feet, balanced and soft on the pallet. It is a unique wine with limited production that will age for many years to come. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/the-ouzel-west-elks-30 --- ### Jack Rabbit Hill **Location:** Colorado, North Fork Valley, USA **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/jack-rabbit-hill Jack Rabbit Hill is a diversified farm located in western Colorado’s North Fork Valley, near the town of Hotchkiss. The 70-acre property grows 18 acres of grapes, 11 acres of hops (Jack Rabbit Hops), sheep, cows, and chickens of course. We make vineyard-driven wines (JRH Wines), custom-blended keg wines for restaurants (WineTapistry), craft spirits (Peak Spirits, CapRock, BeerCraftWhiskey), and hard cider (New Avalon Cider). When it comes to making tasty products we have our noses in the dirt as much as in the glass, because all great foods start with clean growing practices! We started out in 2000 as a certified organic farm, and got into biodynamic practices in 2006, with Demeter certification in 2008. **Wines** (0 in stock, 3 total): - ○ **Jack Rabbit Hill, 'M&N' (2017)** — 2017 · Red · Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir 75% Meunier, 25% Pinot noir for the 17 vintage. On the skins for a few weeks with the aim of achieving medium body not through lighter extraction but through oxidative elevage and bottle age to showcase the vibrancy of a mature wine right at release. The 17 saw slightly longer elevage than most vintages (which get an avg of 18 mo in older barrique), with the majority in minimum third use barrique for about 20 months and a small portion in neutral barriques for about an extra year before blending everything in stainless steel. In this way, it reminds of some of the famous long-elevage natural wines of the Loire, like those from Claude Courtois in Sologne. The heap of stones dropped by a melting glacier that is the eponymous Jack Rabbit Hill includes a lot of igneous rock like basalt, which I feel really translates in this wine — it also reminds me always of some weird hybrid of Auvergne and Etna. Nothing added but 35 ppm sulfur at bottling. Coarse filtered. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/m-n-270 - ○ **Jack Rabbit Hill, 'Naturally Petulant NP' (2020)** — 2020 · Rosé · 46% Meunier, 43% Pinot noir, and 11% Chardonnay About 46% Meunier, 43% Pinot noir, and 11% Chardonnay. Fermentations started separately in stainless but were blended together before finishing. Final blend was racked into Charmat tank and carbonated itself with its primary fermentation, after which it was bottled under counter pressure. So not exactly pet nat, but natural sparkling nonetheless! Fermentation finished with a little RS that winemaker Lance Hanson was confident wasn't going to budge. So between the high altitude fruit, the gentle extraction, and the RS, this drinks more like a Colorado Bugey Cerdon (admittedly with a higher ABV) than it does anything else, regardless of the Champagne blend. Unfined, unfiltered, zero added SO2. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/naturally-petulant-np-271 - ○ **Jack Rabbit Hill, 'Riesling Dill Farm' (2018)** — 2018 · White · Riesling Organic Riesling from Dill Farm only two miles down the road from Jack Rabbit Hill Farm. The Dill site never seems to get quite as ripe, and the Dill Riesling reminds more of some kind of unusually yellow-fruited tropical Kabinett Trocken or a Finger Lakes style, whereas the Jack Rabbit Hill estate Rieslings remind more of Spätlese Trocken. Grapes were crushed and left to macerate overnight before pressing for some structure and extract -- this, we suspect, is also the source of the beautiful herbal flower aromas on this wine — chamomile, yarrow, etc.. Nothing added but 35ppm sulfur at bottling. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-dill-farm-272 --- ### Usonia **Location:** New York, Finger Lakes, USA **Profile:** https://www.d-i.wine/producers/usonia Usonia is dedicated to exploring and proposing possible futures for New York wine. Our name comes from the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who used "Usonia" to refer to his vision of a fully democratic American landscape, free of Old World conventions. We focus on varieties we believe are appropriate to our cold climate. Winemaking is hands-off: the only addition any wine sees is a small amount of sulfur. We strive to make vibrant, honest wines true to the place they come from. **Wines** (0 in stock, 11 total): - ○ **Usonia, 'Blaufränkisch' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Blaufränkisch https://www.d-i.wine/wines/blaufrankisch-553 - ○ **Usonia, 'Blaufränkisch Finger Lakes' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Blaufränkisch Hand harvested, 85% destemmed, spontaneously fermented. Gentle extraction, with very light hand punching to soak the cap, and pumpovers at the beginning of fermentation and at peak. 10 day maceration. After fermentation, transferred to a neutral demi-muid and a neutral barrique. Unfined, unfiltered. 12ppm free sulfur, 40ppm total. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/blaufrankisch-finger-lakes-554 - ○ **Usonia, 'Cabernet Franc' (2021)** — 2021 · Red · Cabernet Franc https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cabernet-franc-555 - ○ **Usonia, 'Cabernet Franc Rasta Ranch Finger Lakes' (2020)** — 2020 · Red · Cabernet Franc Hand-harvested, destemmed, spontaneously fermented. Gentle extraction, with very light hand punching to soak the cap, and pumpovers at the beginning of fermentation and at peak. 14 day maceration. After fermentation, transferred to a neutral demi-muid and a neutral barrique. Unfined, unfiltered. 15ppm free sulfur, 45ppm total. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cabernet-franc-rasta-ranch-finger-lakes-556 - ○ **Usonia, 'Cayuga Cayuga' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Riesling https://www.d-i.wine/wines/cayuga-cayuga-557 - ○ **Usonia, 'Riesling' (2021)** — 2021 · White · Riesling Totally dry, deeply textured, laden with dried herbs and orchard fruit. Full bore, serious stuff thanks to the hot and dry vintage. It will get even better with a few years in bottle. 100% Shaw Vineyard Riesling, planted in 1995 on the West side of Seneca Lake. Soils are a combination of silt loam, clay, and shale. The fruit was harvested by hand, foot crushed, and macerated for 24 hours. Spontaneous fermentation proceeded for over a year in stainless steel, without temperature control. All spontaneous, minimal SO2 (post-fermentation/pre-bottling). Aged entirely in stainless steel, bottled unfined and unfiltered April 2022. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-558 - ○ **Usonia, 'Riesling Shaw Vineyard Finger Lakes' (2020)** — 2020 · White · Riesling Totally dry, deeply textured, laden with dried herbs and orchard fruit. Full bore, serious stuff thanks to the hot and dry vintage. It will get even better with a few years in bottle. 100% Shaw Vineyard Riesling, planted in 1995 on the West side of Seneca Lake. Soils are a combination of silt loam, clay, and shale. The fruit was harvested by hand, foot crushed, and macerated for 24 hours. Spontaneous fermentation proceeded for over a year in stainless steel, without temperature control. All spontaneous, minimal SO2 (post-fermentation/pre-bottling). Aged entirely in stainless steel, bottled unfined and unfiltered April 2022. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-shaw-vineyard-finger-lakes-560 - ○ **Usonia, 'Riesling Shaw Vineyard Finger Lakes' (2019)** — 2019 · White · Riesling 100% Riesling from Shaw Vineyard, planted in 1995 on the West side of Seneca Lake. Soils are a combination of silt loam, clay, and shale. Grapes were hand harvested and sorted on October 14th 2019. Whole clusters were foot crushed and allowed to soak for 24 hours before pressing. After pressing, must settled naturally and was racked to stainless steel. Spontaneous fermentation took place without temperature control for around a year. Malolactic fermentation took place alongside alcoholic fermentation. After fermentation finished, the wine was lightly sulfured (15ppm free SO2) and left on gross lees for four months. Racked off gross lees in February 2021, bottled April 2021. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/riesling-shaw-vineyard-finger-lakes-559 - ○ **Usonia, 'Tocai Friulano' (2021)** — 2021 · Orange · Tocai Friulano https://www.d-i.wine/wines/tocai-friulano-561 - ○ **Usonia, 'Vistas (NV '23 bottling)' (NV)** — NV · Red · Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Scheurebe, Blaufränkisch Vistas is an ever-changing blend of experimental fermentation lots. Lot CRBS is a carbonic Riesling/Cabernet Franc/Blaufränkisch/Scheurebe coferment from 2020, blended with a Blaufränkisch & Cabernet Franc ferment from 2021. All spontaneous, minimal SO2. Aged entirely in stainless steel, bottled unfined and unfiltered April 2022. Usonia's "Vistas" is back! A nonvintage cuvée that changes from year to year to reflect experimentation in the cellar. The 2022 bottling is a carbonic Riesling/Cabernet Franc/Blaufränkisch/Scheurebe coferment from 2020, blended with a Blaufränkisch & Cabernet Franc ferment from 2021. All spontaneous, minimal SO2. Aged entirely in stainless steel, bottled unfined and unfiltered April 2022. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vistas-nv-23-bottling-562 - ○ **Usonia, 'Vistas Red Wine Finger Lakes' (NV)** — NV · Red · Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Scheurebe, Blaufränkisch Vistas is an ever-changing blend of experimental fermentation lots. Lot CRBS is a carbonic Riesling/Cabernet Franc/Blaufränkisch/Scheurebe coferment from 2020, blended with a Blaufränkisch & Cabernet Franc ferment from 2021. All spontaneous, minimal SO2. Aged entirely in stainless steel, bottled unfined and unfiltered April 2022. Usonia's "Vistas" is back! A nonvintage cuvée that changes from year to year to reflect experimentation in the cellar. The 2022 bottling is a carbonic Riesling/Cabernet Franc/Blaufränkisch/Scheurebe coferment from 2020, blended with a Blaufränkisch & Cabernet Franc ferment from 2021. All spontaneous, minimal SO2. Aged entirely in stainless steel, bottled unfined and unfiltered April 2022. https://www.d-i.wine/wines/vistas-red-wine-finger-lakes-563 --- ## Contact - **Trade inquiries:** trade@d-i.wine or https://www.d-i.wine/trade - **General:** hello@d-i.wine or https://www.d-i.wine/contact - **Instagram:** @diwine_ny — https://www.instagram.com/diwine_ny/ - **Location:** New York City